“A man who is sorry for his sins, is sorry either be cause sin is an evil done to God (malum Deo),… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“The simplest explanation is that the process of corrup tion brings back those elementary substances which cor respond to the peculiar nature… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“St. Augustine says: " It would be an affront to pray for a martyr; we should [rather] commend ourselves to his prayers.'*” — Joseph Pohle Prayer Copy Share Image
“Since, however, God has ordained Baptism as a necessary means of salva tion, 26 perfect contrition, in order to obtain forgiveness of… — Joseph Pohle Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“St. John Chrysostom has the following beautiful simile in one of his homilies: " As a fire which has taken pos session… — Joseph Pohle Fire of love Copy Share Image
“satisfaction blots out the temporal punishments due to sin. Consequently the just man must be able to merit de condigno forgiveness of… — Joseph Pohle Prayer Copy Share Image
“We are here dealing with ordinary punishments,— of which the Council of Trent says that they may be blotted out by means… — Joseph Pohle Parenting Copy Share Image
“more common opinion holds that the votum implicitum is all that is required. This " implicit desire " may be defined as… — Joseph Pohle Desire Copy Share Image
“The matter of a Sacrament remains within the sphere of its determined species as long as it retains, in the popular estimation,… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“following passage from St. Chrysostom (+ 407) has become a veritable classic : " The dispensation of the things that are in… — Joseph Pohle Good thing Copy Share Image
“If his contrition is not perfect, the unworthily received Sacrament of Baptism can re cover its effects only in connection with Penance,… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“St. Thomas, following his master Albert, proves the necessity of a right intention on the part of the minister from the proposition… — Joseph Pohle Books Copy Share Image
“Two elements, the one objective, the other subjective, enter into the composition of every Sac rament : the external rite and the… — Joseph Pohle Goals Copy Share Image
“Sacraments derive their origin from, and owe their institution to, Christ, not only as God, but also as man. He is the… — Joseph Pohle God and man Copy Share Image
“Tertullian speaks the mind of the Latin Fa thers when he says: "The guilt being removed, the penalty is removed also. Thus… — Joseph Pohle Psychology Copy Share Image
“The remission of punishments called an indulgence is not an unconditional amnesty, but postulates in the re cipient a moral disposition or… — Joseph Pohle Generosity Copy Share Image
“the baptismal character, as a signum configurativum, incorporates the recipient into Christ's own family, bestows upon him the Saviour's coat-of-arms, and thus… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“bishops, and the clergy throughout the world. The holier the Church is in her members (especially the pope and the episcopate), the… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“According to the con stant teaching of the Church, the Sacrament of Baptism remits not only the eternal penalties of sin,—the remission… — Joseph Pohle Education Copy Share Image
“Faith, as such, is merely a dispositive cause of justification,— part of its causa materialis, — whereas a Sacrament is a true… — Joseph Pohle Faith Copy Share Image
“Catholic theology makes a distinction between solemn Baptism (baptismus solemnis) and private Baptism, which is also called Baptism of neces sity (baptismus… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“Baptism is a Sacra ment instituted by Christ, in which, by the out ward washing of the body with water, with in… — Joseph Pohle Holy trinity Copy Share Image
