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Roman Catholic
The Apostles' Creed

Highlights:

9 - Christ commanded the Apostles to go forth and teach all truth... But as we search the Scriptures we find that many of the Apostles wrote very little, or nothing at all.

10 - ... many revealed truths were handed down by word of mouth from Apostolic times which were never recorded in Scripture. ... we go a step further and declare that the Bible is not the sole rule foe faith, as many other contend.
- Furthermore, if the Bible were the sole rule of faith, why then did not Christ write? he preached and prepared His first priests and bishops by word of mouth...

16 - Before the time of Christ the cross was the symbol of shame, ignorance and dishonor. .., it was the instrument for the execution of the worst criminals. The cross was branded upon the forehead of criminal as a symbol of disgrace before the whole world...but once Christ ... with his Crucifixion, the cross was to become the symbol of honor, the standard of Christian faith, the symbol of salvation..

29 - .. he proudly held the crucifix up, and showed it to his little sister, exclaiming: "That is God!" The child was right.

191 - The name Roman Catholic came into use officially and offensively in Great Britain in the days of Queen Elizabeth.
- In 1870, at the Vatican Council, the name "Roman Catholic Church" was proposed but it was rejected. The Bishops assembled unanimously decided upon this official name; The Holy Catholic Apostolic Roman Church".
199 - there were one time three pretenders to the Papacy, all claiming to be the lawfully elected Pope...

203-204 - Definition of Infallibility - the term "infallibility," then applied by Catholics to the Pope ... , singular privilege of being preserved from falling into error, or of not leading others into error, in matters of faith and morals.

216 - Peter was the rock upon which the Church was to be built. The stability and permanence of any building depends greatly upon the quality of its foundation.
- The church of Christ is the Kingdom of Heaven, the City of God, and St. Peter was to hold the keys of that kingdom.

Pages: 9 (9-10,16,29,191,199,203,204,216)


Book of Reference

Highlights:

3 - ... ang aking mga kapatid at ang kapwa ko tao na iong mga nilikha. Mahabag ka, Ina ko, dito sa iyo... sapagka't Diyos kang maawain at makapangyarihan sa lahat

32 - God is obedient to a woman, an unexampled humility! a woman is in the place of ancestor to God, A distinction without a sharer!"

33 - "Lovely Lady dressed in Blue, Teach me how to pray! God was just your little Boy, And you know the way."

48 - "The pope may act outside the law, above the law, and against the law."
- Your Holiness holds the place of God on earth."

78 - Jesus showed His desire to depend on Mary in the following matter. He became man for our salvation, but it was only in Mary and by Mary.

83 - Pagbangon mo sa banig ay agad kang manikluhod sa harap ng isang Cruz o isang mahal na larawan."

95 - Beatification and Canonization - History - ... is to be traced back to the ancient apostheosis

97 - Expenses - it will not be out of place to give succinctly the ordinary actual expenses of canonization and beatification ... The expenses of the process from ... will easily exceed $30,000.

271 - It was not until immigrants from Ireland and from continental Europe arrived in large numbers toward the middle of the last century that Christmas in America began to flourish. The Germans brought the Christmas tree

- Merry Christmas - when this greeting was originally used, the word merry did not mean joyful, hilarious, gay, as it does today. ... It was thus used in the famous phrase' Merry England,

Pages: 11 (3,23,32-33,48,78,83,95,97,269,271)


Buhay Katoliko

Highlights:

62 - Si Santa Maria ay Ina ng Diyos. ... ipinagkaloob pa rin sa kanya ng biyayang manatiling isang birhen sa kabila ng kanyang pagiging ina.

63 - Nang mamatay si Santa Maria, siya's iniakyat sa langit, kaluluwa at katawan.... sa muling pagkabuhay ay pinagkaloob agad sa banal na Ina ng Diyos sa sandali pa lamang ng kanyang kamatayan.

73 - Ang isa at tunay na Iglesya na itinatag ni Kristo'y ang Iglesia Katolika Apostolika Romana na sa tulong ng .
- ito ang Iglesya na laganap sa buong mundo, na sa tulong ng Poong Maykapal ay inyong kinaaaniban o dapat ninyong aniban.

142 - 143 Ano ang Kumpil?

175 - Ang biyaya at kapangyarihan ng Pari
- ang tatak pagkasaserdote na di kailan man maaalis sa kanyang katauhan. ... Ito ang dahilan kung bakit ang isang pari ay tinatawag na Alter Christus, alalaong baga'y panibagong Kristo.

238 - Tunay na sa Banal na Kasulatan ay hindi tayo makatatagpo ng malinaw na talata na tuwirang nagpapatunay sa pagkakaroon ng purgatoryo.

- Tayong mga Katoliko ay naniniwala na mayroong purgatoryo, sapagka't ito'y isang dogma, isang bahagi ng ating pananampalataya.

- ... ang Iglesya ay makapagtuturo ng mga bagay tungkol sa pananampalataya na hindi matatagpuan sa Banal na Kasulatan

- Maaring ilan sa ating mga kaibigan at kamaganak at naghihiral sa purgatoryo

240 - Pakatantuin ito - sampalatayan ang purgatoryo. Sa pook na ito ang mga kaluluwa ay naghihirap,

Pages: 15 (62-63,71-73,142-143,174-175,238-239,240-243)


Pasion Candaba

Highlights:

8 - Ang pagbinyag ni San Juan
ay isisisid na minsan
ang boong-boong catauan
doon sa ilog nang Jordan
parang pinaliliguan

210 - Ipinag-uutos mag quintal
noo o canang camay
sucat pagca quilalanan
na sila nga'i campong tunay
nitong Anti-Cristong hunghang.

Pages:3 (cover,8,210)


Catholic Encyclopedia - 01

Highlights:

169 - All Saints' Day - The Feast of All Saints originated in the Middle East, probably in Syria.

- All Souls' Day

309-310 - Antipopes - One who unlawfully attempts to exercise the functions of pope in opposition to the lawful occupant..

325 - Apocrypha - the biblical Apocrypha meant books of false,... St. Augustine held the Apocrypha to be nontraditional or heretical doctrine..

517 - Avignon Papacy

Pages: 7 (cover,169,309-311,325,517)


Catholic Encyclopedia - 02

Highlights:

28,31 - Boniface VIII

607 - Christmas, the feast of the Savior's birth is called Christmas, the Mass of Christ... The actual date of the Lord's birth is unknown...

608 - Christmas Customs - the Church celebrations of Christmas is surrounded by many popular customs. Some customs, such as feasting and use of lights and decorations, are based on general traditions of rejoicing.

610 - Lights and Fires, Lights candles in the window originated in Ireland. During the persecution of the Church by the English...

- Christmas Tree. The History of the Christmas tree goes back to the Middle Ages in Germany.

611 - Gifts. The giving of presents was a Roman New Year's custom. It has preserved in France, where the presents are still given on January 1.

Pages: 8 (cover,28,31,607-611)