The Grounds of Faith

Henry Edward Cardinal Manning gave these lectures to show the grounds of the Catholic Faith versus that of the Protestant Religion. My purpose is to speak of the grounds of Faith; I do not mean of the special doctrines of the Catholic theology, but of the grounds or foundation upon which all Faith rests. This is a subject difficult to treat: partly, because it is of a dry and preliminary nature; and partly; because it is not easy to touch upon a matter so long controverted, without treating it likewise in a controversial tone. But I should think it a dishonour to the sacredness of truth itself, if I could treat a matter so sacred and so necessary in a tone of mere argument. I desire to speak, then, for the honour of our Lord, and, if God so will, for the help of those who seek the truth. This is a photographic reproduction of the original to insure accuracy.