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Christian doctrine composed by Robert Bellarmine ; translated into better English than formerly.
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Bellarmino, Roberto Francesco Romolo, Saint, 1542-1621.
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live conformably to the will of God Tell me therefore How many Principal Virtues be there S There be seven three Theological and four Cardinal M Which be the Theological S Faith Hope and Charity M Wherefore be they called Theological S Because this word Theological signifyeth a thing that regardeth or appertaineth to God M How doth Faith then appertain to God S. Because it makes us believe all that which God hath revealed to his Holy Church M. How doth hope pertain to God S. Because it makes us put our trust in God and hope for eternal life of him by means of our merits which yet do proceed from his grace M. Why doth Charity pertain to God S. Because it makes us love God above all things our Neighbour as our selves for the love of God M. Why are they called Cardinal S. Because they are Principal and as it were the Fountains of all good works M. Which be the Cardinal Virtues S. Prudence Justice Fortitude and Temperance M. Declare unto me the office of these Virtues S. Prudence makes us considerat and wary in every thing to the end we our selves be not deceived nor deceive others Justice makes us render to others that which is theirs Temperance makes us bridle our inordinare desires Fortitude causeth that we fear not any danger nor even death it self for Gods service Of the Gifts of the Holy Ghost M. HOw many are the Gifts of the Holy-Ghost S. They be seven 1. Wisdom 2. Understanding 3. Counsel 4. Fortitude 5. Knowledge 6. Piety 7 Fear of God M. Whereto do these gifts serve S. They serve for the help of virtue and to make us perfect in the way of God because through Fear we abstain from Sin through Piety we are devout obedient to God through Knowledg we are taught to understand the will of God by Fortitude we are holpen to put the same in execution through Councils we are admonished of the deceits of the devill through Vnderstanding we are elevated to penetrate the misteries of Faith through wisdom we become perfect ordering all our life all our works to the glory of God because the wise man doth know the last end and direct every thing there unto Of the works of Mercy M HOw many be the Works of Mercy of which we shall be demanded account in particular at the day of Judgment S They be seven 1 To give Food to the Hungry 2 To give Drink to the Thirsty 3 To cloath the naked 4 To harbour the Pilgrims 5 To visit the Sick 6 To visit the Imprisoned 7 To bury the dead M These be corporal works of Mercy Be there any spiritual 8 There be other seven To wit 1 To give counsel to the doubtful 2 To instruct the ignorant 3 To admonish sinners 4 To comfort the afflicted 5 To pardon offences 6 To endure patiently those that be troublesome 7. To pray to God for the living and the dead Of Sins TO come now to sins How many sorts be there of sins S Two Original and Actual which are afterwards divided into Mortal and Venial M What is Original Sin S It is that in which we are all born and we have it as it were by Inheritance from our first Father Adam M How is this sin blotted out S. With holy Baptism and therefore he that dyeth without Baptism goeth to Limbus and is deprived for ever of the glory of Heaven M. What is Mortal sin S It is that which we commit against the Charity of God or of our neighbour and it is called mortal because it depriveth the Soul of her spiritual life which is the grace of God M. How is this sin forgiven S. By holy Baptism when a man is Baptized in age and hath committed sin actually before or by the Sacrament of Penance as hath been said before And who dyeth in mortall sin goeth to the everlasting pains of Hell M. What is venial sin S. It is that which is not against Charity and deprives not the Soul of Grace nor sends it to the Pains of Hell yet nevertheless it displeaseth God because it is not conformable to his will and it diminished the fervour of Charity and therefore it is needful it be purged in this World or in purgatory which is in the other life M. How many are the Capital Sins and as it were the Fountains of all others S. They be Seven and to every one is opposite a contrary Virtue Capital Sins Pride Covetousness Luxury Anger Gluttony Envy Sloth Opposite Virtues Humility Liberality Chastity Patience Abstinence Brotherly love Diligence M. How many are the Sins against the Holy Ghost S. They be Six 1. Despair of salvation 2. Presumption of God's Mercy 3. To impugn the known Truth 4. Envy at another mans Good 5. Obstinacy in sin 6. Final Impenitence M. How many are the sins that cry to Heaven for vengeance S. They are four 1. Wilful Murther 2. Carnal sin against Nature 3. Oppression of the Poor 4. To defraud Workmen of their Wages Of the four last things and of the ROSARY M. HOw many are the last things of man which the scripture so calls and which being well considered make us abstain from sins S. Four 1. Death 2. Judgment 3. Hell 4. Heaven M. What exercise have you to maintain your Devotion S. I say the Rosary of our Lady and do meditate the 15 Misteries of the same wherein is contained the Life of our Lord Jesus Christ M. Which are the Fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary S. There are five joyful 1. The Annuntiation of the Angel 2. The Visitation of S. Elizabeth 3. The Nativity of our Lord. 4. The Presentation in the Temple 5. The disputing of the Child Jesus with the Doctors Other five are sorrowful 1. The Prayer in the Garden 2. The whipping at the Pillar 3. The crowning with Thorns 4. The carrying of the Cross 5. The Crucifying and Death of our Saviour The five last are Glorious 1. The Resurrection of our Lord. 2. His Ascension 3. The coming of the Holy-Ghost 4. The Assumption of our B. Lady 5. Her Coronation and Exaltation above all the Quires of Angels Live Jesus live and let it be My life to dye for love of thee THE MANNER OF Serving a Priest at MASS The Clerk must kneel at his left hand and answer him as follows P. INtroibo ad Altare Dei C. Ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam P. Judica me Deus discerne causam meam de gente non sancta ab homine iniquo doloso erue me C. Quia tu es Deus fortitudo mea quare me repulisti quare tristis incedo dum affliget me inimicus P. Emitte lucem tuam veritatem tuam ipsa me deduxerunt adduxerunt in montem sanctum tuum in Tabernacula tua C. Et introibo ad altare Dei ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam P. Confitebor tibi in cythara Deus Deus meus Quare tristis es anima
CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE Composed by the R. Father ROBERT BELLARMINE of the Society of Jesus and CARDINAL Translated into better English than formerly IHS The Last Edition Printed for A.L. Anno Dom. 1676. The A. B. C. ✚ A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V U W X Y Z. ✚ A a b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r s s t v u w x y z. ✚ A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V V W X Y Z. ✚ a b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r s s t v u w x y z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000. A BRIEF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE To be learned by heart Of the end of a Christian and of the signe of the Holy Cross Master A Are you a Christian Scholar I am by the grace of God M What mean you by a Christian S. Him that maketh Profession of the Faith and Law of Christ M In what doth the Faith of Christ chiefly consist S. In two principal mysteries which are included in the sign of the Holy Cross that is in the Vnity and Trinity of God and in the Incarnation and Death of our Saviour M What meaneth Unity and Trinity of God S. It meaneth that in God there is one only Divinity or as we say Essence and Divine Nature which nevertheless is in three Divine Persons that are called Father Sun and Holy-Ghost M Wherefore are these Divine Persons S. Because the Father hath no beginning nor proceeds from another Person The Son proceeds from the Father And the Holy-Ghost from the Father and the Son M Wherefore are these three Persons only one God S. Because they have one self Essence one self Power one self wisdom and one sef-Goodness M. What meaneth Incarnation and Death of our Saviour S. It meaneth that the Son of God who is the second Person of the blessed Trinity became Man dyed upon the Cross to save us M. How are these two Mysteries included in the sign of the Cross S. Because we make the sign of the Cross by putting our right-hand first to the head saying In the name of the Father then under the breasts saying of the Son finally to the left right sholders saying of the Holy-Ghost Amen M. How then is there shewed the first Mystery of the most Blessed Trinity S. Because this word In the name signifieth the Vnity the other words signify the Trinity M. Shew now the second S. The figure of the Cross doth represent the death of our Saviour who after he was made man and had taught the way of Salvation with Doctrine with Example and with miracles dyed upon the Holy Wood of the Cross A Declaration of the Creed M. WHich is the Rule of our Belief S. It is the Symbole of the Apostles which we commonly call the Creed M. Say the Creed S. 1. I believe in God the Father-Almighty Creator of Heaven and Earth 2. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord. 3. Who was conceived by the Holy-Ghost born of the Virgin Mary 4. Suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead buried 5. Descended into Hell the third day he rose again from the dead 6. Ascended into Heaven sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty 7. from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead 8. I believe in the Holy-Ghost 9. The holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints 10. Remission of sins 11. Resurrection of the flesh 12. Life everlasting Amen M. Who made the Creed S. The twelve Apostles therefore there be twelve Articles M. What do these Articles contain in sum S. All that which principally expresly we must believe of God and of the Church his Spouse because the eight first Articles pertain to God the four last to the Church M. Declare the first Article S. I firmly believe in one only God who is the natural Father of his only begotten Son and is also Father by the grace of all good Christians who are therefore called the Adopted Sons of God finally he is Father by Creation of all other things And this God is Omnipotent because He can do all that he will and hath created of nothing Heaven and Earth with whatsoever is in them that is the whole universal world M. Declare the second Article S. I believe also in JESUS CHRIST who is the only begotten Son of God the Father because he was begotten of the same Father Eternal and is God Eternal Infinite Omnipotent Creator and Lord of us and of all things as he is the Father M. Declare the Third S. I believe that Jesus Christ is not only true God but also true Man because he hath taken man's flesh of the immaculate Virgin Mary by virtue of the Holy-Ghost so was born on earth of Mother without Father as in Heaven he was born of Father without Mother M. Declare the Forth S. I believe that Jesus Christ to redeem the world with his precious blood suffered under Pontius Pilate Governour of Jury being scourged crowned with Thorns put upon the Cross on which he dyed being taken down from the same was buryed in a new Sepulcher M. Declare the Fifth S. I believe that Jesus Christ as soon as he was dead went with his soul to Limbus or the place of holy Fathers and the third day which was the Sunday he rose glorious and triumphant M Declare the sixth S I believe that Jesus Christ after he had forty dayes remained with the holy Apostles to prove with many apparitions his true Resurrection mounted up to the highest Heaven and there sitteth above all the Quires of Angels at the right hand of the Father that is in glory equal to the Father as Lord Governour of all Creatures M Declare the seventh S I believe that the same our Lord in the end of the world shall come from Heaven with most great power glory and shall judge all men giving to every man the reward or punishment he hath deserved M Declare the eighth S. I believe in the Holy Ghost who is the third Person of the most blessed Trinity and proceedeth from the Father and the Son and is in all and every thing equal to the Father and to the Son that is he is God Eternal Infinite Omnipotent Creator and Lord of all things as the Father and the Son M Declare the ninth S. I believe also that there is a Church which is the Congregation of all the faithfull Christians that are Baptized and I do believe confess the Faith of Christ our Lord and acknowledge the high Bishop of Rome for Vicar of the same Church on Earth M Why is this Church called Holy and Catholick S. Holy Because it hath the Head which is Christ Holy and for that it