The scholastic-dogmatic lectures On Religion and the Church of Camillo Cardinal Mazzella — delivered at the Gregorian University, where he was prefect of studies and professor of theology. Five disputations in forty-five articles, through Mazzella's continuous numeration of 1,096 paragraphs: on religion in general and the possibility and necessity of revelation; on Christian revelation and its proofs; on the institution and constitution of the Church; on her properties and endowments; and on her visible Head — the primacy of Peter and the Roman Pontiff, councils, and the infallible magisterium. With the author's analytic index. In English for the first time.
Dogmatic Theology · 19th century
On Religion and the Church
Camillo Cardinal Mazzella, S.J. (1833–1900) · translated from the Latin of the 1905 sixth edition
Companion volume: On God the Creator
Original Latin text — De Religione et Ecclesia at Google Books
A correction: the announcement email for this work mistakenly said that it carries a parallel Latin text, and that it is the largest work in the library. Neither is so.
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Contents
For a more detailed table of contents, see the Author’s Analytic Index — in the PDF edition its page references are clickable links.
- Title Page
- Preface pp. I–VII
Disputation I — On Religion in General
- Article 1. The genuine notion of religion is handed down pp. 1–7
- Article 2. Whether it is necessary to admit some religion pp. 8–16
- Article 3. Whether religion is necessary to society pp. 17–28
- Article 4. Whether it is indifferent to profess any religion whatever pp. 29–53
- Article 5. Whether divine revelation is possible pp. 55–70
- Article 6. Whether divine supernatural revelation is necessary pp. 71–85
- Article 7. Whether all knowledge of religious truth can be attributed to the continual progress of reason, revelation being excluded pp. 86–102
- Article 8. The character of the notes of revelation and their necessity are sketched pp. 103–109
- Article 9. Whether miracles are possible pp. 109–126
- Article 10. Whether there is in miracles a force of proving that for whose confirmation they are done pp. 129–145
- Article 11. Whether prophecy is possible, and what is its force of proving pp. 146–166
Disputation II — On Christian Revelation
- Article 1. Whether the four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles are authentic books pp. 166–189
- Article 2. Whether the truth of Christian revelation is confirmed by miracles pp. 190–205
- Article 3. Whether by the resurrection of Christ the truth of the Christian religion is demonstrated pp. 206–222
- Article 4. Whether the divine origin of the Christian religion is rightly proved from its propagation and conservation pp. 223–249
- Article 5. Whether Christian revelation is contained only in written books, or also in unwritten traditions pp. 249–275
- Article 6. Whether the writings of the Holy Fathers are means of conserving and knowing divine traditions pp. 276–295
- Article 7. Whether the consensus of Theologians and the sense of the faithful exhibit certain testimony of divine tradition pp. 296–305
- Article 8. What the use of Scripture and Tradition is in Theology pp. 308–332
Disputation III — On the Institution and Constitution of the Church
- Article 1. Preliminary Notions are Handed Down pp. 332–339
- Article 2. General Survey concerning the Constitution of the Church pp. 340–349
- Article 3. Whether Christ is the immediate author of the Church, and gave her the form of a true society pp. 350–365
- Article 4. Whether, from Christ's Institution, the Church is Essentially Visible pp. 367–382
- Article 5. What End Christ Set Before Himself in the Institution of the Church pp. 384–390
- Article 6. Whether the Church of Christ Is a Legal Society and Ethically Necessary pp. 391–406
- Article 7. Whether, From Christ's Institution, the Church Is an Unequal Society pp. 407–423
- Article 8. What Form of Government Christ Instituted in the Church pp. 424–437
- Article 9. Whether, From Christ's Institution, the Church Is a Perfect Society pp. 437–446
- Article 10. What the Relation of the Church Is to the Remaining Societies pp. 446–464
- Article 11. Which Persons Are Members of the Church pp. 465–487
Disputation IV — On the Properties and Endowments of the Church
- Article 1. Whether the Church of Christ Ought to Be One pp. 488–524
- Article 2. Whether the Church of Christ Ought to Be Holy pp. 526–538
- Article 3. Whether the True Church of Christ Ought to Be Catholic pp. 540–555
- Article 4. Whether the True Church of Christ Ought to Be Apostolic pp. 556–569
- Article 5. Whether the True Church of Christ Is Indefectible pp. 572–581
- Article 6. Whether, and What Sort of, Authority Is to Be Attributed to the Church of Christ pp. 583–597
- Article 7. Whether the true Church of Christ ought to be infallible pp. 599–613
- Article 8. What Is the Object of Infallibility pp. 615–631
- Article 9. Which Is the True Church of Christ pp. 633–650
Disputation V — On the Visible Head of the Church
- Article 1. Whether Christ Instituted in Blessed Peter the Primacy Over the Universal Church pp. 650–700
- Article 2. Whether the Primacy of Peter, from the Institution of Christ, Ought To Be Perpetual, and in Whom It Resides pp. 702–738
- Article 3. What the Force and Nature of the Primacy of the Roman Pontiff Is pp. 740–781
- Article 4. Whether the Jurisdiction of Bishops Proceeds from God Immediately, or Through the Mediation of the Roman Pontiff pp. 782–793
- Article 5. The Principal Heads of Doctrine Concerning Councils are Touched Upon pp. 795–812
- Article 6. Whether an Infallible Magisterium Is to Be Attributed to the Roman Pontiff pp. 813–875
- The Analytic Index pp. 877–916
- Imprimatur