“St. Ephraem Syrus writes: " Without the venerable and divine institution of the priesthood men could not obtain forgiveness of their sins.” — Joseph Pohle Forgiveness 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
“—Baptism is administered by means of washing, i. e. applying the water to the subject. This application must be a true ablu… — Joseph Pohle Council Of Trent 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 Council of Florence forbade the postponement of Baptism even for forty or eighty days. Since the Tridentine Council it is a… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“St. Augustine observes in one of his Sermons: " There were those who said that certain sins must not be forgiven. They… — Joseph Pohle Parenting 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
“declares: "If anyone saith that in min isters, when they effect and confer the Sacra ments, there is not required the intention… — Joseph Pohle 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 Trust 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
“Imperfect contrition (attritio) is a true supernatural sorrow from a motive of incipient charity or fear, coupled with a firm purpose of… — Joseph Pohle Fear Copy Share Image
“Christ, in whom godhead and manhood are so inti mately united, is as it were a living Sacrament — the personal and… — Joseph Pohle Life Copy Share Image
“As far as mere possibility is concerned, there can be no doubt that Jesus Christ, had He so willed, could have limited… — Joseph Pohle Moral character 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
“Gutberlet answers this question suc cinctly as follows: " First and above all we uphold the idea of the mystical slaying of… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“The sacrifice predicted by Malachias cannot be the Sacrifice of the Cross. The prophet employs the word minchah, which means an unbloody… — Joseph Pohle Jewish people Copy Share Image
“—With the sole exception of Penance, which demands certain supernatural acts (faith, contrition, etc.) either as quasi-matter, or at least as a… — Joseph Pohle Faith Copy Share Image
“In regard to the institution of the Sacraments we may distinguish a threefold power: the divine potestas auctoritatis, the theandric potestas excettentiae,… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“sacramental rite or not. Hence the necessity of a proper intention.” — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“An indulgence is a remission of the temporal punishments which a penitent, whose sins are forgiven, has yet to undergo, either here… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“If the desire for Baptism is accompanied by perfect con trition, we have the so-called baptismus ftaminis, which forthwith justifies the sinner,… — Joseph Pohle 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 Copy Share Image
“tity of her priesthood; 20 but she has never condi tioned the validity of a Sacrament on the moral worthiness of the… — Joseph Pohle Education 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 Copy Share Image
“They infallibly confer grace, not only on the predestined, but on " all who receive them rightly." 9 Their efficacy is ex… — Joseph Pohle Grace Copy Share Image
