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Hardcover. Condition: VG orig. green cloth. vi, 7-94 p.; 16.5 cm. (The people's books ; 73) Contents: Introduction, by R. L. Langford-James -- I. The Church -- II. The Church before and after the reformation -- III. The Bible and the Church [incorporating an article by G. B. Howard] -- IV. Tradition -- V. The sacraments -- VI. Catholic customs and practices -- Index. -- `The practices which the Church has laid down and which have been called the six Commandments of the Church are:-- 1. To keep certain days holy. 2. To hear Mass on all Sundays and holy days of obligation. 3. To keep the days of fasting and abstinence appointed by the Church. 4. To go to Confession at least once a year. 5. To receive the Blessed Sacrament at least once a year and that at Easter or thereabouts. 6. Not to marry within certain degrees of kindred, nor to solemnise marriage at the forbidden times. These practices are recognised by general consent as necessary in all parts of the Church and are points of Catholic discipline.' (p. 87) -- [The author's other books were mainly on auction and contract bridge].