4. "Let women," says The Catholic Church Women, especially in the Apostle, "keep never permits women to this country, publicly silence in the preach in the house of preach in Methodist and churches. For, it is God. other churches with the not permitted them to sanction of the church speak ... It is a shame elders. for a woman to speak in the church."(87)
5. St. Peter and St. Every Catholic Bishop, No denomination John confirmed the as a successor of the performs the ceremony newly baptized in Apostles, likewise of imposing hands in Samaria: "They laid imposes hands on this country except hands on them and they baptized persons in the Episcopalians, and even received the Holy Sacrament of they do not recognize Ghost."(88) Confirmation, by which Confirmation as a they receive the Holy Sacrament. Ghost.
6. Our Savior and His The Catholic Church The Protestant churches Apostles taught that teaches, with our Lord (except, perhaps, a few the Eucharist contains and His Apostles, that Ritualists) condemn the the Body and Blood of the Eucharist contains doctrine of the Real Christ: "Take ye, and really and indeed the Presence as idolatrous, eat; this is My Body and Blood of Jesus and say that, in Body.... Drink ye all Christ under the partaking of the of this, for this is my appearance of bread and communion, we receive a Blood."(89) "The wine. memorial of Christ. chalice of benediction which we bless, is it not the communion of the Blood of Christ; and the bread which we break, is it not the participation of the Body of the Lord?"(90)
7. The Apostles were The Bishops and Priests Protestants affirm, on empowered by our Savior of the Catholic Church, the contrary, that God to forgive sins:--"Whose as the inheritors of delegates to no man the sins ye shall forgive, Apostolic prerogatives, power of pardoning sin. they are forgiven."(91) profess to exercise the "God," says St. Paul, ministry of "hath given to us the reconciliation, and to ministry of forgive sins in the reconciliation."(92) name of Christ.
8. Regarding the sick, One of the most No such ceremony as St. James gives this ordinary duties of a that of anointing the instruction: "Is any Catholic Priest is to sick is practised by man sick among you, let anoint the sick in the any Protestant him bring in the Sacrament of Extreme denomination, priests of the Church, Unction. If a man is notwithstanding the and let them pray over sick among us he is Apostle's injunction. him, anointing him with careful to call in the oil in the name of the Priest of the Church, Lord."(93) that he may anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.