“The minister need not be in the state of grace, nor need he have the faith (negative disposi tion), but he must have the right intention (pos itive disposition).” — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“We are compelled to concur in another view of Cardinal De Lugo, namely, that the value of the Mass is dependent on the greater… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share
“the scientific development of the doctrine of indulgences. 29 St. Thomas knows but one plenary indulgence, i. e. that granted for the liberation of… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share
“The Church has always regarded the admin istration of a Sacrament in the state of mortal sin as a sacrilege, and insists on the… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share
“Origen says: " The Church hath received it as a tradition from the Apostles that infants, too, ought to be baptized." 21” — Joseph Pohle Copy Share
“St. Bruno of Asti, who says: " The first tabernacle, therefore, is the Synagogue; the second, the Church; the third, Heaven. . . .… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share
“Does the external sign receive from God a peculiar super natural power enabling it physically to produce sanctify ing grace in the soul, either… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share
“While it is possible for the con fessor in some cases to obtain such knowledge without confession, this is not the rule, because the… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share
“minister begins with an actual intention, but is distracted while administering the Sacrament, he has a virtual in tention. Thirdly, an habitual intention is… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share
“The confectio of a Sacrament, i. e. the combina tion of matter and form into the sacramental sign, is not necessarily of itself a… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share
“The Second Council of Mileve (416) anath ematized all "who deny that new-born infants should be baptized immediately after birth." n The Tridentine Council… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share
“bread and wine." These species must, therefore, be acci dents, and, having by Transubstantiation lost their con natural subjects, which cannot be supplied by… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share
“heretics can validly administer all the other Sacraments, with the sole exception of Penance, 30 which cannot, barring cases of urgent necessity, be validly… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share
“Alterations in the formula of Baptism may or may not affect its substance. Substantial changes render the Sacrament invalid ; purely accidental changes do… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share
“i. e. a sacrifice offered " from the rising of the sun to the going down" and " in every place." Moreover, the Sacrifice… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share
