![]() ![]() Since 1879, when the eleventh revised edition was given to the public, there have been thirty-five editions, and the number of copies sold reaches nearly a quarter of a million. ![]() Apart from personal considerations, it is pleasing to know that the popular interest in the Catholic Church and whatever pertains to her doctrines and discipline, is growing more widespread and earnest. It is very gratifying to the author to note the large increase in the sale of The Faith of Our Fathers. He takes this occasion to return his hearty thanks to the editors of the Catholic periodicals, as well as of the secular press, for their favorable notices, which have no doubt contributed much to the large circulation of the book. He is also happy to announce that German editions have been published both in this country and in Germany. This gratifying result has surpassed the author's most sanguine expectations, and is a consoling evidence that the investigation of religious truths is not wholly neglected even in this iron age, so engrossed by material considerations.īesides carefully revising the book, the author has profited by the kind suggestion of some friends, and inserted a chapter on the prerogatives and sanctity of the Blessed Virgin, which, it is hoped, will be not less acceptable to his readers than the other portions of the work. From that time to the present fifty thousand copies of the work have been disposed of in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, and in the British Colonies of Oceanica. The first edition of The Faith of Our Fathers was issued in December, 1876. On The Relative Morality Of Catholic And Protestant. The Divine Institution Of The Sacrament Of Penance. The Use Of Religious Ceremonies Dictated By Right Reason. Necessity-Its Effects-Manner Of Baptizing. Grace-The Sacraments-Original Sin-Baptism-Its. To Invoke Her As An Intercessor, And To Imitate Her As A Model. Is It Lawful To Honor The Blessed Virgin Mary As A Saint. The Blessed Trinity, The Incarnation, Etc. Published by Good Press, 4064066103804 Table of Contents ![]()
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