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V.6
The Receipts of this Volume are for the same Charity as those of
the preceding.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
THE ROAD OF WISDOM.
Dangers of the new road, arising from the false wisdom which leads men from
the centre, 5. Avenue by the esteem of wisdom in the Catholic Church, 11.
The retreats of the wise, 12; honours paid to them, 15; wisdom in the ancient
sense not appreciated elsewhere, 17; wise men by right reason find an avenue,
23; faith is health of mind, 24; all is reasonable in Catholicity, 25; it distin-
guishes false from true lights, 27; it accepts and unites all true ideas, 29; its
thoughts are harmonious, 32; profound. The schoolmen, 35. The Catholic
philosophy of law, 36. Avenue by the humility of wisdom, 38. The pride of
sophists, 39. The simplicity and humility of Catholicism, 44. Avenue by the
religious character of wisdom, 46; its piety, 48; its dogmatic character, 52;
charge of ignorance as to science no obstacle to Catholicism, 53; wisdom seeks
the firm ground of faith, 57; concentration of mind, 60; acceptance of mys-
teries, 63. Avenue by the profound character of Catholic wisdom, 67; op-
posed to the type of wordy eloquence and popular display, 68. The Catholic
philosophy, 72; conversation, 77. Avenue by the pacific character of wisdom,
79. Avenue by the universal character of Catholicism, 87; it is rational and
traditional, 87. Simultaneous cultivation of the head and heart, 94. Meta-
physics, 96; evil of science when separated from religion,-its excellence
when combined with it, 104. The ideal of wisdom realized within the Church,
107.
CHAPTER II. p. 114.
THE ROAD OF THE SACRED SCRIPTURES.
The forest recalls to memory the trees of the Bible. Avenue to Catholicism by
the Bible having been authoritatively derived from the Church, 116; by recog-
nizing that the Church is the central source of a true esteem and veneration
for the Bible, 117; by observing the inordinate views respecting it evinced by
others, 120; and the wise discipline of the Church respecting the use of the
Bible, 122. Avenue by the expositors of Scripture, 132. Avenue by its con-
tents, 136.
CHAPTER III.-p. 141.
THE ROAD OF CONTEMPLATION.
The forest invites to contemplation, 145; to which all men turn at times, 145.
Issue to Catholicity by a consideration of the brevity of the road of life, 146;
by the silence which reigns on this road, 150; by the piety which naturally
accompanies contemplation, 154; by the alienation from the world which it
involves, 157; by the pleasures attending it, 158; by the affinity which it
creates with Catholic lovers of nature, 161; by the studies which generally
attend it, 166; leading to a belief of Catholic doctrines, or to symbolic, posi-
tive, and mystic theology, 168. Avenue by the aggregate of all contemplative
impressions, 170.
CHAPTER IV.-p. 174.
THE ROAD OF DIVINE VIRTUE.
Analogy of the forest with morality, 175. This road followed by many in all
ages, 176. The avenues from it to Catholicism enumerated, 176-7; consti-
tuted by the insufficiency of nature unassisted, 177; by the supernatural cha-
racter of virtue in Catholicism, 179; first general impressions on beholding it,
180. Distinctions in detail; issue by its conformity with the Christian doc-
trine, 184; by its elevation above nature, 185; by its supernatural object, 190;
by its contempt of the world, 192; by its love of God, 194; by its conformity
to his will, 196; by its imitation, 199; by its love of men, 202; by its forgive-
ness of enemies, 203; by its resistance to the passions, 209; by its humility
and patience, 213; by its government of the tongue, 218; by its combination
of good and noble qualities, 222; by its justice, 225; by its general diffusion
through all classes, 226; by its zeal, 233; by its independence of national
differences, 244.