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THE EXTERNALS

OF

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

HER GOVERNMENT, CEREMONIES

FESTIVALS

SACRAMENTALS, AND DEVOTIONS



BY

REV. JOHN F. SULLIVAN



CONTENTS

PART I. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CHURCH

CHAPTER


PAGE


PREFACE

v

I.

THE POPE

3

II.

THE CARDINALS AND THE ROMAN CLERGY

10

III.

THE BISHOPS AND THE DIOCESAN CLERGY

13



PART II. THE RELIGIOUS STATE

IV.

THE MONASTIC LIFE

20

V.

THE GREAT RELIGIOUS ORDERS

26

VI.

RELIGIOUS LIFE FOR WOMEN

38



PART III. THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS

VII.

THE CEREMONIES OF BAPTISM

43

VIII.

THE SPONSORS IN BAPTISM

47

IX.

THE CEREMONIES OF CONFIRMATION

52

X.

THE CONFESSION OF SINS

58

XI.

THE CEREMONIES OF EXTREME UNCTION

65

XII.

THE CEREMONIES OF HOLY ORDERS

71

XIII.

THE CEREMONIES OF MATRIMONY

84



PART IV. THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

XIV.

THE MASS

89

XV.

THE GROWTH OF THE MASS – I

94

XVI.

THE GROWTH OF THE MASS – II

98

XVII.

THE GROWTH OF THE MASS – III

104

XVIII.

THE REQUISITES FOR THE MASS

108

XIX.

WHY THE MASS IS SAID IN LATIN

117



PART V. THE ECCLESIASTICAL YEAR

XX.

THE CHURCH'S CALENDAR

122

XXI.

FESTIVALS

126

XXII.

ADVENT

131

XXIII.

CHRISTMAS DAY

135

XXIV.

LENT AND HOLY WEEK

140



PART VI. THE SACRAMENTALS

XXV.

THE SIGN OF THE CROSS

148

XXVI.

THE CROSS AND THE CRUCIFIX

150

XXVII.

HOLY WATER

156

XXVIII.

VESTMENTS

162

XXIX.

THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS

172

XXX.

THE HOLY OILS

176

XXXI.

CANDLES

182

XXXII.

THE ROSARY

186

XXXIII.

SCAPULARS – I

191

XXXIV.

SCAPULARS – II

199

XXXV.

THE AGNUS DEI

204

XXXVI.

PALMS

208

XXXVII.

INCENSE

211

XXXVIII.

CHURCH BELLS

215

XXXIX.

RELIGIOUS MEDALS

223

XL.

ASHES

227



PART VII. THE LITURGICAL BOOKS

XLI.

THE MISSAL

230

XLII.

THE BREVIARY

234

XLIII.

THE RITUAL

238



PART VIII. DEVOTIONS

XLIV.

THE DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART

243

XLV.

THE INVOCATION OF SAINTS

247

XLVI.

THE VENERATION OF IMAGES

252

XLVII.

THE VENERATION OF RELICS

257

XLVIII.

(a) THE FORTY HOURS' ADORATION

261


(b) BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

265

XLIX.

OUR DAILY PRAYERS

266

L.

THE LITANIES

273



PART IX. MISCELLANEOUS

LI.

SERVICES FOR THE DEAD

280

LII.

THE CHURCHING OF WOMEN

286

LIII.

FASTING AND ABSTINENCE

290

LIV.

INDULGENCES

294

LV.

PILGRIMAGES

300

LVI.

AN UNMARRIED CLERGY

304

LVII.

CHRISTIAN SYMBOLS

309

LVIII.

THE CATHOLIC BIBLE

314

LIX.

CHURCH MUSIC

319

LX.

PSALMS AND HYMNS

331

LXI.

THE MARRIAGE LAWS

336

LXII.

RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES

345

LXIII.

THE CANONIZATION OF A SAINT

353

LXIV.

CHURCH BUILDINGS AND THEIR PARTS

359

LXV.

THE CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH

364

LXVI.

OTHER RITES THAN OURS

370




INDEX


377