“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
“All the Sacraments, as acts of their invis ible author and chief minister, Jesus Christ, by vir tue of their immanent dignity,… — Joseph Pohle Books 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
“Two elements, the one objective, the other subjective, enter into the composition of every Sac rament : the external rite and the… — Joseph Pohle 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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
“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
“it would be perfectly proper to regard the Sacraments in the sense of Luther as a kind of acted sermons calculated to… — Joseph Pohle Justification 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 Sacramental Copy Share Image
“THE MINISTER OF A SACRAMENT MUST BE IN THE WAYFARING STATE. —This condition ex cludes the angels and the departed. Christ con… — 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
“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
“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
“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
“—Baptism is administered by means of washing, i. e. applying the water to the subject. This application must be a true ablu… — Joseph Pohle Baptism 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
“Our Lord Jesus Christ is a wise and just lawgiver who must demand that the power of for giving or retaining sins… — Joseph Pohle Confession Copy Share Image
“The dogma of Transub-stantiation implies that the entire substance of the bread and the entire substance of the wine are converted, respectively,… — Joseph Pohle Bread 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
“The sacramental system of the Reformers flowed quite logically from their false idea of justification. If justification really consisted in a merely… — Joseph Pohle Justification 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
“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
“efficacy of perfect contrition be reconciled with the dogma that the power of the keys is necessary for the forgiveness of sins?… — Joseph Pohle Forgiveness 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 Sacraments Copy Share Image
“the Blood and the Blood from the Body. In what other way, in fact, would it be possible to represent the bloody… — Joseph Pohle Sacrifice 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 Reformation 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 Sacrament 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
“—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
“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
“all that is necessary for the valid administration of the Sacraments is the direct intention, i. e. the purpose of performing the… — Joseph Pohle Management 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
“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
“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
“St. Augustine says: " Baptism does not consist in the merits of those by whom it is ad ministered, nor in the… — Joseph Pohle Baptism 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 a heretic, can [validly] baptize, provided only that he observes the form prescribed by the Church and has the intention of doing what the Church does.” quote by Joseph Pohle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/joseph-pohle-3769_necessity-priest_in-case-of-necessity-not-only-a-priest-o_378512.jpg)
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![“St. Bruno of Asti, who says: " The first tabernacle, therefore, is the Synagogue; the second, the Church; the third, Heaven. . . . The first was in a shadow and an image, the second is in an image and in truth, and the third [will be] in the truth alone. In the first, life is foreshadowed; in the…” quote by Joseph Pohle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d8/joseph-pohle-3769_life_st-bruno-of-asti-who-says-the-first-tabe_36723.jpg)
![“St. Augustine says: " Baptism does not consist in the merits of those by whom it is ad ministered, nor in the merits of those to whom it is ad ministered, but in its own sanctity and truth, on account of Him by whom it has been instituted, [it is] for the perdition of those who use it badly and…” quote by Joseph Pohle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/joseph-pohle-3769_truth_st-augustine-says-baptism-does-not-consi_796880.jpg)