“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 Sacramental Copy Share Image
“sacramental rite or not. Hence the necessity of a proper intention.” — Joseph Pohle Sacramental Copy Share Image
“Origen says: " The Church hath received it as a tradition from the Apostles that infants, too, ought to be baptized." 21” — Joseph Pohle Apostles Infants Copy Share Image
“ceases to be merciful, no matter what sins have been conv mitted.” — Joseph Pohle Merciful Copy Share Image
“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 Penance Copy Share Image
“The sanctifying grace required for these Sac raments can be obtained either by making an act of perfect contrition or by worthily… — Joseph Pohle Sacrament Penance Copy Share Image
“under certain conditions, the place of Baptism by water (baptismus fiuminis) may be supplied by Baptism of desire (baptismus flaminis) or by… — Joseph Pohle Water Copy Share Image
“the Council of Florence forbade the postponement of Baptism even for forty or eighty days. Since the Tridentine Council it is a… — Joseph Pohle Religion 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… — Joseph Pohle Lesser Holiness Copy Share Image
“bread and wine." These species must, therefore, be acci dents, and, having by Transubstantiation lost their con natural subjects, which cannot be… — Joseph Pohle Body of christ Copy Share Image
“—The form of Baptism consists in the words accompanying the ablution. There are two essential parts: (i) the verbal designa tion of… — Joseph Pohle Holy trinity Copy Share Image
“Perfect contrition effects the immediate justification of the sinner without the Sacrament of Penance, as we shall show presently. 12 How can… — Joseph Pohle Penance Copy Share Image
“Baptism has for its general effect the regeneration of the soul, 1 and hence belongs to the " Sacraments of the dead."… — Joseph Pohle Baptism Copy Share Image
“St. Augustine repeatedly speaks of the power inherent in the desire for Baptism. " I do not hesitate," he says in his… — Joseph Pohle Holy ghost Copy Share Image
“This Sac rament," he says, " can effect the forgiveness of sin in two ways. First of all, by being received, not… — Joseph Pohle Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“When corruption (corruptio specierum) sets in, e. g. when the host becomes mouldy or the contents of the Chalice sour, Christ is… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“The Council warns confessors not to " connive at sins and deal too indulgently with penitents by enjoining certain very light works… — Joseph Pohle Present time Copy Share Image
“Merits are not physical but purely moral entities. They live and are revived in the knowledge and accepta tion of God, which… — Joseph Pohle Merits Copy Share Image
“According to Catholic teaching the remote matter of Baptism is natural water; its proximate matter is the act of external washing; while… — Joseph Pohle Holy ghost Copy Share Image
“Imperfect contrition (attritio) is a true supernatural sorrow from a motive of incipient charity or fear, coupled with a firm purpose of… — Joseph Pohle Contrition Copy Share Image
“[each] confess those sins by which he remembers that he has mortally offended his Lord and God; whilst the other sins, which… — Joseph Pohle Theologians Indirect Copy Share Image
“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 Intrinsic value Copy Share Image
“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 Sacraments Copy Share Image
“Since it was no mere death from suffocation that Jesus suffered, but a bloody death, in which His veins were emptied of… — Joseph Pohle Death Copy Share Image
“—The Fathers teach that God does not forgive sins without the cooperation of the Church. See the Patristic texts quoted infra, Part… — Joseph Pohle Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“the amount of grace conferred by a Sacrament in each instance depends (i) on the eternal decree of God, who has endowed… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“The Second Council of Mileve (416) anath ematized all "who deny that new-born infants should be baptized immediately after birth." n The… — Joseph Pohle Baptism Copy Share Image
“the dogma of the Communion of Saints. All the members of Christ's mystic body are organi cally connected with one another and… — Joseph Pohle Communion Copy Share Image
“While it is possible for the con fessor in some cases to obtain such knowledge without confession, this is not the rule,… — Joseph Pohle Wisdom Copy Share Image
“After David had confessed to Nathan that he had " sinned against the Lord," 6 the prophet consoled him by saying: "… — Joseph Pohle Holy eucharist Copy Share Image
“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 Punishments Sin Copy Share Image
“i. e. a sacrifice offered " from the rising of the sun to the going down" and " in every place." Moreover,… — Joseph Pohle Holy eucharist Copy Share Image
“minister begins with an actual intention, but is distracted while administering the Sacrament, he has a virtual in tention. Thirdly, an habitual… — Joseph Pohle Intention Copy Share Image
“Augustine observes: " The womb does not repeat its births," 34 and with the latter analogy in mind St. Chrysostom says: "… — Joseph Pohle Augustine Observes Copy Share Image
“The Church has always regarded the admin istration of a Sacrament in the state of mortal sin as a sacrilege, and insists… — Joseph Pohle Mortal sin Copy Share Image
“devoutly and reverently, he obtains the grace of charity, which will perfect his [imperfect] contrition, and bring forgiveness of sin.” — Joseph Pohle Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“the whole substance of the bread has been converted into the Body and the whole sub stance of the wine into the… — Joseph Pohle Bread Copy Share Image
“declares: "If anyone saith that in min isters, when they effect and confer the Sacra ments, there is not required the intention… — Joseph Pohle Church Does Copy Share Image
“A Sacrament (sacramentum tantum) and the sacra mental grace which it confers (res tantum, effectus) are two separate and distinct things. A… — Joseph Pohle Sacrament Copy Share Image
“St. Thomas 29 recommends Christian rulers, " for the honor of the Sacrament," to remit capital punishment to convicted pagans who ask… — Joseph Pohle Capital punishment Copy Share Image
![“[each] confess those sins by which he remembers that he has mortally offended his Lord and God; whilst the other sins, which do not occur to him after diligent thought, are understood to be included as a whole in that same confes sion." 6 The last-quoted phrase is of great dogmatic importance…” quote by Joseph Pohle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c71/joseph-pohle-3769_quote_each-confess-those-sins-by-which-he-reme_1093453.jpg)
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