Chapter I: The Lack of Mission in the Ministers of the New Pretended Church Leaves Both Them and Their Followers Without Excuse.
Chapter II: That the Pretended Reformers Had No Mediate Mission Either from the People or the Bishops.
Chapter III: The Pretended Reformers Had No Immediate or Extraordinary Mission from God.
Chapter IV: An Answer to the Two Objections Which Are Made by the Supporters of the Theory of Immediate Mission.
Chapter V: That the Invisible Church from Which the Innovators Pretend to Derive Their Mission Is a Figment and That the True Church of Christ Is Visible.
Chapter VI: Answer to the Objections Made Against the Visibility of the Church.
Chapter VII: That in the Church There Are Good and Bad, Predestinate and Reprobate.
Chapter VIII: Answer to the Objections of Those Who Would Have the Church to Consist of the Predestinate Alone.
Chapter IX: That the Church Cannot Perish.
Chapter X: The Counterarguments of Our Adversaries, and the Answers Thereto.
Chapter XI: That the Church Has Never Been Dispersed nor Hidden.
Chapter XII: The Church Cannot Err.
Chapter XIII: The Ministers Have Violated the Authority of the Church.
Introduction
Article I: Holy Scripture: First Rule of Faith.—that the Pretended Reformers Have Violated Holy Scripture, the First Rule of Our Faith.
Chapter I: The Scripture Is a True Rule of Christian Faith.
Chapter II: How Jealous We Should Be of Their Integrity.
Chapter III: What Are the Sacred Books of the Word of God.
Chapter IV: First Violation of the Holy Scriptures Made by the Reformers: by Cutting Off Some of Its Parts.
Chapter V
Chapter VI: Answer to an Objection.
Chapter VII: How Greatly the Reformers Have Violated the Integrity of the Scriptures.
Chapter VIII: How the Majesty of the Scriptures Has Been Violated in the Interpretations and Versions of the Heretics.
Chapter IX: Of the Profanations Contained in the Versions Made into the Vulgar Tongue.
Chapter X: Of the Profanation of the Scriptures Through the Facility They Pretend There Is in Understanding Scripture.
Chapter XI: On the Profanation of the Scriptures in the Versified Psalms Used by the Pretended Reformers.
Chapter XII: Answer to Objections and Conclusion of This First Article.
Article II: That the Church of the Pretenders Has Violated the Apostolic Traditions, the Second Rule of Our Faith.
Chapter I: What Is Understood by Apostolic Traditions.
Chapter II: That There Are Apostolic Traditions in the Church.
Article III: The Church: Third Rule of Faith. How the Ministers Have Violated the Authority of the Church, the Third Rule of Our Faith.
Chapter I: That We Need Some Other Rule Besides the Word of God.
Chapter II: That the Church Is an Infallible Guide for Our Faith. That the True Church Is Visible. Definition of the Church.
Chapter III: The Catholic Church Is One. Mark the First. It Is Under One Visible Head; That of the Protestants Is Not.
Chapter IV
Chapter V: Of the Sanctity of the Church: Second Mark.
Chapter VI: Second Mark (continued) the True Church Ought to Be Resplendent in Miracles.
Chapter VII: Sanctity of the Church (continued) the Catholic Church Is Accompanied with Miracles, the Pretended Is Not.
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX: Sanctity of the Church (continued) the True Church Must Practice the Perfection of the Christian Life.
Chapter X: Sanctity of the Church (continued) the Perfection of the Evangelic Life Is Practiced in Our Church; in the Pretended, It Is Despised and Given Up.
Chapter XI: Of the Universality or Catholicity of the Church: Third Mark.
Chapter XII: Catholicity of the Church (continued) the True Church Must Be Ancient. the Catholic Church Is Most Ancient, the Pretended Quite New.
Chapter XIII: Catholicity of the Church (continued) the True Church Must Be Perpetual. Ours Is Perpetual, the Pretended Is Not.
Chapter XIV: Catholicity of the Church (continued) the True Church Ought to Be Universal in Places and Persons. the Catholic Church Is Thus Universal, the Pretended Is Not.
Chapter XV: Catholicity of the Church (continued) the True Church Must Be Fruitful. the Catholic Church Is Fruitful, the Pretended Barren.
Chapter XVI: That the Church Is Apostolic: Fourth Mark.
Article IV: That the Ministers Have Violated the Authority of Councils, the Fourth Rule of Our Faith.
Chapter I: Of the Qualities of a True Council.
Chapter II: How Holy and Sacred Is the Authority of Universal Councils.
Chapter III: How the Ministers Have Despised and Violated the Authority of Councils.
Article V: That the Ministers Have Violated the Authority of the Ancient Fathers of the Church, the Fifth Rule of Our Faith.
Chapter I: The Authority of the Ancient Fathers Is Venerable.
Article VI: The Authority of the Pope, the Sixth Rule of Our Faith.
Chapter I: First and Second Proofs. of the First Promise Made to St. Peter: Upon This Rock I Will Build My Church.
Chapter II: Resolution of a Difficulty.
Chapter III: Third Proof of the Second Promise Made to St. Peter: and I Will Give Thee the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Chapter IV: Fourth Proof of the Third Promise Made to St. Peter: I Have Prayed for Thee, and So on.
Chapter V: Fifth Proof. the Fulfillment of These Promises: Feed My Sheep.
Chapter VI: Sixth Proof. from the Order in Which the Evangelists Name the Apostles.
Chapter VII: Seventh Proof. of Some Other Marks Which Are Scattered Throughout the Scriptures of the Primacy of St. Peter.
Chapter VIII: Eighth Proof. Testimonies of the Church to This Fact.
Chapter IX: That Saint Peter Has Had Successors in the Vicar-generalship of Our Lord. the Conditions Required for Succeeding Him.
Chapter X: That the Bishop of Rome Is True Successor of St. Peter, and Head of the Militant Church.
Chapter XI: Short Description of the Life of St. Peter and of the Institution of His First Successors.
Chapter XII: Confirmation of All the Above by the Titles Which Antiquity Has Given to the Pope.
Chapter XIII: In How Great Esteem the Authority of the Pope Ought to Be Held.
Chapter XIV: How the Ministers Have Violated This Authority.
Article VII: Miracles: the Seventh Rule of Faith.
Chapter I: How Important Miracles Are for Confirming Our Faith.
Chapter II: How Greatly the Ministers Have Violated the Faith Due to the Testimony of Miracles.
Article VIII: Harmony of Faith and Reason: the Eighth Rule of Faith.
Chapter I: That the Teaching of the Pretended Reformers Contradicts Reason.
Chapter II: That the Analogy of the Faith Cannot Serve as a Rule to the Ministers to Establish Their Doctrine.
Chapter III
Introduction
Article I: Of the Sacraments.
Chapter I: Of the Name of Sacrament.
Chapter II: Of the Form of the Sacraments.
Chapter III: Of the Intention Required in the Administration of the Sacraments.
Article II: Purgatory.
Introduction
Chapter I: Of the Name of Purgatory.
Chapter II: Of Those Who Have Denied Purgatory and of the Means of Proving It.
Chapter III: Of Some Passages of the Scripture in Which Mention Is Made of a Purgation After This Life and of a Time and a Place for It.
Chapter IV: Of Another Passage Out of the New Testament, to This Effect.
Chapter V: Of Some Other Passages by Which Prayer, Alms-deeds and Holy Actions for the Departed Are Authorized.
Chapter VI: Of Certain Other Places of Scripture by Which We Prove That Some Sins Can Be Pardoned in the Other World.
Chapter VII: Of Some Other Places from Which by Various Consequences Is Deduced the Truth of Purgatory.
Chapter VIII: Of the Councils Which Have Received Purgatory as an Article of Faith.
Chapter IX: Of the Testimony of the Ancient Fathers to the Truth of Purgatory.
Chapter X: Of Two Principal Reasons and of the Testimony of Outsiders in Favor of Purgatory.
Notes