European civilisation : protestantism and catholicity compared

European civilisation : protestantism and catholicity compared

Author: Balmes, Jaime Luciano, 1810-1848

Year: 1855

TABLE OF CONTENTS [For verbal Index see end of the Vol.] CHAPTER I. THE NAME AND NATURE OF PROTESTANTISM. CHAPTER II. THE CAUSES OF PROTESTANTISM. What ought to be attributed to the genius of its founders — Different causes assigned for it — Errors on this subject — Opinions of Guizot — Of Bossuet — True cause of Protestantism to be found in the social condition of European nations 3 CHAPTER III. EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. Divinity of the Catholic Church proved by its relations with the human mind — Remarkable acknowledgment of M. Guizot — Consequences of that acknowledgment 14 CHAPTER IV. OF PROTESTANTISM AND THE HUMAN MIND. Protestantism contains a principle of dissolution — It tends naturally to destroy all faith — Dangerous direction given to the human mind — Description of the human mind 18 CHAPTER V. INSTINCT OF FAITH IN THE SCIENCES. Instinct of faith — This instinct extends to all the sciences — Newton, Descartes — Observations on the history of philosophy — Proselytism — Present condition of the human mind 21 CHAPTER VI. DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS WANTS OF NATIONS — MATHEMATICS — MORAL SCIENCES. Important error committed by Protestantism, with regard to the