Excerpt from Christ's Kingdom on Earth: Or, the Church and Her Divine Constitution, Organization, and Framework, Explained for the People There never was and there never will be on earth an institution, so wonderful and so worthy of our study as the Catholic Church. She comes down from God the son, as he came from his eternal Father, and coming to earth, she continues his work of redemption. She is the extension and the continuation of the atonement of Christ. The Holy Spirit, coming from Father and Son, comes down to earth to form the church out of the scattered children of Adam, binding all christians into the Mystic Body of Christ. The Son, her Head, the Holy Ghost, her Soul, the church penetrates to all nations, teaching with the authority of God, redeeming every member of the fallen race, raising up men weighted with sin, healing the diseases of society, preparing her members for the glories of heaven. Happy the peoples who sit at her feet, listening to her teachings, feeding on her sacraments, dwelling in peace under her laws. Bride of the Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of his members, the heavenly Jerusalem, the City of God, formed of the chosen people, she fills the world with the glories of her Founder. In the following pages will be found complete explanations of her divine constitution and her organization, which enabled her to survive the numerous revolutions, which overturned every human institution of the ancient world, showing how she flows down from the divine nature of "The Word of God." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"With a full report of the various dioceses in the United States and British North America, and a list of archbishops, bishops, and priests in Ireland.

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There never was nor ever will be on earth an institution, so wonderful and so worthy of our study as the Catholic Church, She comes down from God the Son, as he came from his eternal Father, and coming to earth, she continues his work of redemption, She is the extension and the continuation of the atonement of Christ. The Holy Spirit, coming from Father and Son, comes down to earth to form the church out of the scattered children of Adam, binding all Christians into the Mystic Body of Christ, The Son her Head, the Holy Gliost, her Soul, the church penetrates to all nations, teaching with the authority of God, redeeming every member of the fallen race, raising lip men weighted with sin, healing tile diseases of society, preparing her members for the glories of heaven. Happy the peoples who sit at her feet, listening to her teachings, feeding on her sacraments, dwelling in peace under her laws. Bride of the Lamb of God who taketh away the sills of his members, the heavenly Jerusalem, the City of God, formed of tho chosen people, she fills the world with the glories of her Founder. In the following pages will be found complete explanations of her divine constitution and her organization, which enabled her to survive the numerous revolutions, which overturned every human institution of the ancient world, showing how she flows down from the divine nature of "The Word of God." A careful study of the following pages will sholl' the reader that the divine Constitution of the chnrch is a worthy work of God's only Begotten Son.