“We are compelled to concur in another view of Cardinal De Lugo, namely, that the value of the Mass is dependent on… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“the scientific development of the doctrine of indulgences. 29 St. Thomas knows but one plenary indulgence, i. e. that granted for the… — Joseph Pohle Science 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 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 Copy Share Image
“St. Bruno of Asti, who says: " The first tabernacle, therefore, is the Synagogue; the second, the Church; the third, Heaven. .… — Joseph Pohle Life Copy Share Image
“Does the external sign receive from God a peculiar super natural power enabling it physically to produce sanctify ing grace in the… — Joseph Pohle Nature 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
“minister begins with an actual intention, but is distracted while administering the Sacrament, he has a virtual in tention. Thirdly, an habitual… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“The confectio of a Sacrament, i. e. the combina tion of matter and form into the sacramental sign, is not necessarily of… — 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 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
“heretics can validly administer all the other Sacraments, with the sole exception of Penance, 30 which cannot, barring cases of urgent necessity,… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“Alterations in the formula of Baptism may or may not affect its substance. Substantial changes render the Sacrament invalid ; purely accidental… — Joseph Pohle Change 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
“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
“Gutberlet rightly observes: " It were mere quibbling to try to disprove the idea of a mystically real separation by saying that… — 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
“In case of necessity, not only a priest or a deacon, but a lay man or woman, nay even a pagan and… — Joseph Pohle 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 Wine 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 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
“Up to the time of the so-called Reformation no one ever questioned the power of the Church to forgive sins. The ancient… — Joseph Pohle Time 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
“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
