The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

INTRODUCTION. 15Study her history in the pages of truth. Examine her creed. Read her authorized catechismsand doctrinal books. You will find them everywhere on the shelves of booksellers, inthe librariesof her clergy, on the tables of Catholic families.There is no Freemasonry in the Catholic Church ;she has no secrets to keep back. She has not oneset of doctrines for Bishops and Priests, and anotherfor the laity. She has not one creed for the initiated and another for outsiders. Everything in theCatholic Church isopen and above board. Shehas the same doctrines for all for the Pope andthe peasant.Should not Ibe better qualified to present to youthe Church s creed than the unfriendly witnesseswhom I have mentioned ?I have imbibed her doctrine with my mother smilk. I have made her history and theology thestudy of myleading you ?life. What motive can I have in misNot temporal reward, since I seek notyour money, but your soul, forwhich Jesus Christdied. I could not hope for an eternal reward bydeceiving you, for I would thereby purchase for myself eternal condemnation, by gaining proselytes atthe expense of truth.This, friendly reader, is my only motive. I feel,in the depth of my heart, that, in possessing Catholic