CATHOLIC APOLOGETICS

by dr Brocardus Meijer O Carm

J.J.Romen & Zonen, Roermond-Maaseik, 1946


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CONTENTS

1 Preface by the writer (plus account of the translation)

2 Introduction


FIRST PART: NATURAL PREPARATION
which makes man susceptible to the light of divine Revelation and the power of Jesus' grace of Redemption

Chapter one: God, Lord and Master of the cosmos
"For, after a bit of thinking, we can clearly know his invisible Essence, his eternal Power and his Godhead, from creation." (Romans I, 20)

3 Article one: God's Existence
4 Article two: God's Essence

Chapter two: The cycle of things
"For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever." (Romans XI, 36)

5 God's creation

Chapter three: The bounden duty
"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul and with all thy mind." (Luke X, 27)

6 Article one: the king of creation
7 Article two: the servant of God

Chapter four: The high vocation
"In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials." (I Peter I, 6)

8 Life after death


SECOND PART: SUPERNATURAL COMPLETION
with which God's Love comes to the help of man's weakness with the light of Revelation and the grace of Redemption

Chapter five: The good tidings
"And the life was revealed, and we have seen it; and we testify and declare to you the eternal Life which was with the Father and was revealed to us." (I John I, 2)

9 Article one: the hopeful message
10 Article one continued
11 Article two: the infallible certainty

Chapter six: The flag hoisted high
"A town built on a hill cannot be hidden." (Matthew V, 14)

12 The Church
13 The Church, continued
14 The Church, end

Chapter seven: What do you say about the Christ?
"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved." (Acts IV, 12)

15 Following Christ


Imprimatur:

Oss, 20 November 1946, Dr Cyprianus Verbeek O Carm censor ahd
Nijmegen, 22 November 1946, Dr Augustinus Nolte O Carm Prior Prov
Ruraemundae, 25 November 1946, Dr Jos Keulers, Libr Cens



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