ALETHEIA; 



OR, 



THE OUTSPOKEN TRUTH 



on the All-important question of 



Divine Authoritative Teaching. 



AN EXPOSITION OF THE 



CATHOLIC RULE OF FAITH, 

 Contrasted with the various Theories of Private and Fallible 

 Interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures, with a Full Expla- 

 nation of the Whole Question of INFALLIBILITY, and 

 Application of the Principles to the DEVELOPMENT of 

 Catholic Doctrine, according to the needs of the times, 



By the RIGHT REV. J. D. RICARDS, D.D , 



Bishop of Ret imo^ and Vicar- Apostolic of the Eastern Vicariate of thi 

 Cape Colony. 



Dedicated by permission to His Eminence Cardinal Manning. 

 1 2 mo, cloth, ----- net, 80 cents* 



CONTENTS. 



Dedication. 



Preface. 



Introduction. 



Chapter i. — Necessity of Re- 

 velation. 



Chapter ii. — The true sense of 

 Revelation cannot be de- 

 termined by the Bible 

 alone. 



Chapter i ii - — Private Judg- 

 ment, What it really 

 means. 



Chapter iv. — Vagaries of Pri- 

 vate Judgment. 



Chapter v. — Reasonable Faith 

 and Non-Catholic Credu- 

 lity. 



Chapter vi. — " The Pride of 

 Life." 



Chapter vii. — Faith. 



Chapter viii. — Hope. 



Chapter ix. — Charity. 



Chapter x. — Authoritative 

 Teaching outside the 

 Catholic Church. 



Chapter xi. — General View of 

 Infallibility, What it is, 

 and What it is not. 



Chapter xii. — Infallibility of 

 the Catholic Church. 



Chapter xiii. — Infallibility of 

 the Pope. 



Chapter xiv. — Application of 

 the Dogma of Papal In- 

 fallibility to the Imma- 

 culate Conception. 



Chapter xv. — " Modern Rom- 

 ish Corruptions " and De- 

 velopment under the gui- 

 dance of the Spirit of 

 Truth. 



Chapter xvi. — Conclusion. 



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