Joseph Pohle

“As the sacramental sign is the inanimate medium of grace, 16 so the minister is its animate instrument in the hands of Christ.”

— Joseph Pohle

“The amount of sanctifying and special grace bestowed by a Sacrament depends chiefly on the disposition of the recipient.”

— Joseph Pohle

“Origen says: " The Church hath received it as a tradition from the Apostles that infants, too, ought to be baptized." 21”

— Joseph Pohle

“St. Augustine says: " It would be an affront to pray for a martyr; we should [rather] commend ourselves to his prayers.'*”

— Joseph Pohle

“The effect of this Sacrament [Baptism] is the remission of every sin, original and ac tual.”

— Joseph Pohle

“sacramental rite or not. Hence the necessity of a proper intention.”

— Joseph Pohle

“ceases to be merciful, no matter what sins have been conv mitted.”

— Joseph Pohle

“Perfect contrition (contritio), which is a true supernatural sorrow from a motive of perfect charity, justifies a man independently of the Sacraments.”

— Joseph Pohle

“Confirmation, the Holy Eucharist, Extreme Unction, Matrimony, and Holy Orders presuppose the state of sancti fying grace, which they merely increase (iusti-ficatio…

— Joseph Pohle

“course, the dis tinction between the divine potestas auctoritatis and the theandric potestas excellentiae must always be kept in mind. The former…

— Joseph Pohle

“The sanctifying grace required for these Sac raments can be obtained either by making an act of perfect contrition or by worthily…

— Joseph Pohle

“Matrimony is not only a Sacrament, but it is also a con tract requiring the mutual consent of both parties. There can…

— Joseph Pohle

“The faithful of to-day should try by a more ardent contrition to make up for the enforced mildness of the Church in…

— Joseph Pohle

“The question arises: How can the Lord's Blood be truly shed in the Chalice? Such an unbloody shedding of blood seems to…

— Joseph Pohle

“Since, however, God has ordained Baptism as a necessary means of salva tion, 26 perfect contrition, in order to obtain forgiveness of…

— Joseph Pohle

“The Council warns confessors not to " connive at sins and deal too indulgently with penitents by enjoining certain very light works…

— Joseph Pohle

“When corruption (corruptio specierum) sets in, e. g. when the host becomes mouldy or the contents of the Chalice sour, Christ is…

— Joseph Pohle

“This Sac rament," he says, " can effect the forgiveness of sin in two ways. First of all, by being received, not…

— Joseph Pohle

“St. Augustine repeatedly speaks of the power inherent in the desire for Baptism. " I do not hesitate," he says in his…

— Joseph Pohle

“The remission of punishments called an indulgence is not an unconditional amnesty, but postulates in the re cipient a moral disposition or…

— Joseph Pohle

“Baptism has for its general effect the regeneration of the soul, 1 and hence belongs to the " Sacraments of the dead."…

— Joseph Pohle

“Aquinas teaches: " As God did not bind His power to the Sacraments, so as to be unable to bestow the sacramental…

— Joseph Pohle

“St. Thomas, following his master Albert, proves the necessity of a right intention on the part of the minister from the proposition…

— Joseph Pohle

“the amount of grace conferred by a Sacrament in each instance depends (i) on the eternal decree of God, who has endowed…

— Joseph Pohle

“—The Fathers teach that God does not forgive sins without the cooperation of the Church. See the Patristic texts quoted infra, Part…

— Joseph Pohle

“St. Polycarp (+about 155), who was a personal dis ciple of St. John the Evangelist, admonishes priests to be merciful to sinners.…

— Joseph Pohle

“Since it was no mere death from suffocation that Jesus suffered, but a bloody death, in which His veins were emptied of…

— Joseph Pohle

“The so-called Sacraments of the dead require for their worthy reception attrition along with its various dispositive acts (faith, fear, hope, etc.),…

— Joseph Pohle

“Take, e. g., that of "a man who, on presenting a leaden coin, receives, by the king's command, a hundred pounds; not…

— Joseph Pohle

“[each] confess those sins by which he remembers that he has mortally offended his Lord and God; whilst the other sins, which…

— Joseph Pohle

“We are here dealing with ordinary punishments,— of which the Council of Trent says that they may be blotted out by means…

— Joseph Pohle

“8) The fourth period in the history of indul gences, from the Council of Clermont (1095) to the Second Council of Lyons…

— Joseph Pohle

“The Council of Trent declares: " If anyone saith that the Sacrifice of the Mass casts a blasphemy upon the most holy…

— Joseph Pohle

“While it is possible for the con fessor in some cases to obtain such knowledge without confession, this is not the rule,…

— Joseph Pohle

“The Mass is not only a relative (commemorative) sacrifice, but likewise an absolute sacrifice, and hence the Eucharistic Victim in the Consecration…

— Joseph Pohle

“following passage from St. Chrysostom (+ 407) has become a veritable classic : " The dispensation of the things that are in…

— Joseph Pohle

“I. Penance is a true Sacrament, instituted by Christ for the forgiveness of post-baptismal sins. II. Penance is a Sacrament distinct from…

— Joseph Pohle

“the bidding of one's confessor, or voluntarily, and by patiently accepting trials and sufferings. This is the ex press teaching of the…

— Joseph Pohle

“After David had confessed to Nathan that he had " sinned against the Lord," 6 the prophet consoled him by saying: "…

— Joseph Pohle

“They infallibly confer grace, not only on the predestined, but on " all who receive them rightly." 9 Their efficacy is ex…

— Joseph Pohle