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Scripture

1 Paralipomenon 6–7

1 Paralipomenon 6

The genealogies of Levi, and of Aaron: the cities of the Levites.

1 

The sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari.

2 

The sons of Caath: Amram, Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel.

3 

The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Mary. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abiu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

4 

Eleazar begot Phinees, and Phinees begot Abisue,

5 

And Abisue begot Bocci, and Bocci begot Ozi.

6 

Ozi begot Zaraias, and Zaraias begot Maraioth.

7 

And Maraioth begot Amarias, and Amarias begot Achitob.

8 

Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Achimaas.

9 

Achimaas begot Azarias, Azarias begot Johanan,

10 

Johanan begot Azarias. This is he that executed the priestly office in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem.

11 

And Azarias begot Amarias, and Amarias begot Achitob.

12 

And Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Sellum,

13 

Sellum begot Helcias, and Helcias begot Azarias,

14 

Azarias begot Saraias, and Saraias begot Josedec.

15 

Now Josedec went out, when the Lord carried away Juda, and Jerusalem, by the hands of Nabuchodonosor.

16 

So the sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari.

17 

And these are the names of the sons of Gerson: Lobni and Semei.

18 

The sons of Caath: Amram, and Isaar, and Hebron, and Oziel.

19 

The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi. And these are the kindreds of Levi according to their families.

20 

Of Gerson: Lobni his son, Jahath his son, Zamma his son,

21 

Joah his son, Addo his son, Zara his son, Jethrai his son.

22 

The sons of Caath, Aminadab his son, Core his son, Asir his son,

23 

Elcana his son, Abiasaph his son, Asir his son,

24 

Thahath his son, Uriel his son, Ozias his son, Saul his son.

25 

The sons of Elcana: Amasai, and Achimoth.

26 

And Elcana. The sons of Elcana: Sophai his son, Nahath his son,

27 

Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elcana his son.

28 

The sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vasseni, and Abia.

29 

And the sons of Merari, Moholi: Lobni his son, Semei his son, Oza his son,

30 

Sammaa his son, Haggia his son, Asaia his son.

31 

These are they, whom David set over the singing men of the house of the Lord, after that the ark was placed.

32 

And they ministered before the tabernacle of the testimony, with singing, until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they stood according to their order in the ministry.

33 

And these are they that stood with their sons, of the sons of Caath, Hemam a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Sammuel,

34 

The son of Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Thohu,

35 

The son of Suph, the son of Elcana, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

36 

The son of Elcana, the son of Johel, the son of Azarias, the son of Sophonias,

37 

The son of Thahath, the son of Asir, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core,

38 

The son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

39 

And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, Asaph the son of Barachias, the son of Samaa.

40 

The son of Michael, the son of Basaia, the son of Melchia.

41 

The son of Athanai, the son of Zara, the son of Adaia.

42 

The son of Ethan, the son of Zamma, the son of Semei.

43 

The son of Jeth, the son of Gerson, the son of Levi.

44 

And the sons of Merari their brethren, on the left hand, Ethan the son of Cusi, the son of Abdi, the son of Meloch,

45 

The son of Hasabia, the son of Amasai, the son of Helcias,

46 

The son of Amasai, the son of Boni, the son of Somer,

47 

The son of Moholi, the son of Musi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

48 

Their brethren also the Levites, who were appointed for all the ministry of the tabernacle of the house of the Lord.

49 

But Aaron and his sons offered burnt offerings upon the altar of holocausts, and upon the altar of incense, for every work of the holy of holies: and to pray for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

50 

And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinees his son, Abisue his son,

51 

Bocci his son, Ozi his son, Zarahia his son,

52 

Meraioth his son, Amarias his son, Achitob his son,

53 

Sadoc his son, Achimaas his son.

54 

And these are their dwelling places by the towns and confines, to wit, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Caathites: for they fell to them by lot.

55 

And they gave them Hebron in the land of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about:

56 

But the fields of the city, and the villages to Caleb son of Jephone.

57 

And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities for refuge Hebron, and Lobna, and the suburbs thereof,

58 

And Jether and Esthemo, with their suburbs, and Helon, and Dabir with their suburbs:

59 

Asan also, and Bethsames, with their suburbs.

60 

And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gabee and its suburbs, Almath with its suburbs, Anathoth also with its suburbs: all their cities throughout their families were thirteen.

61 

And to the sons of Caath that remained of their kindred they gave out of the half tribe of Manasses ten cities in possession.

62 

And to the sons of Gerson by their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Aser, and out of the tribe of Nephtali, and out of the tribe of Manasses in Basan, thirteen cities.

63 

And to the sons of Merari by their families out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon, they gave by lot twelve cities.

64 

And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities, and their suburbs.

65 

And they gave them by lot, out of the tribe of the sons of Juda, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which they called by their names.

66 

And to them that were of the kindred of the sons of Caath, and the cities in their borders were of the tribe of Ephraim.

67 

And they gave the cities of refuge Sichem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, and Gazer with its suburbs,

68 

Jecmaan also with its suburbs, and Beth-horon in like manner,

69 

Helon also with its suburbs, and Gethremmon in like manner,

70 

And out of the half tribe of Manasses, Aner and its suburbs, Baalam and its suburbs, to wit, to them that were left of the family of the sons of Caath.

71 

And to the sons of Gersom, out of the kindred of the half tribe of Manasses, Gaulon, in Basan, and its suburbs, and Astharoth with its suburbs.

72 

Out of the tribe of Issachar, Cedes and its suburbs, and Dabereth with its suburbs;

73 

Ramoth also and its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs.

74 

And out of the tribe of Aser: Masal with its suburbs, and Abdon in like manner;

75 

Hucac also and its suburbs, and Rohol with its suburbs.

76 

And out of the tribe of Nephtali, Cedes in Galilee and its suburbs, Hamon with its suburbs, and Cariathaim, and its suburbs.

77 

And to the sons of Merari that remained: out of the tribe of Zabulon, Remmono and its suburbs, and Thabor with its suburbs.

78 

Beyond the Jordan also over against Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Ruben, Bosor in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jassa with its suburbs;

79 

Cademoth also and its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;

80 

Moreover also out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Galaad and its suburbs, and Manaim with its suburbs;

81 

Hesebon also with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.


1 Paralipomenon 7

Genealogies of Issachar, Benjamin, Nephtali, Manasses, Ephraim, and Aser.

1 

Now the sons of Issachar were Thola, and Phua, Jasub and Simeron, four.

2 

The sons of Thola: Ozi and Raphaia, and Jeriel, and Jemai, and Jebsem, and Samuel, chiefs of the houses of their kindreds. Of the posterity of Thola were numbered in the days of David, two and twenty thousand six hundred most valiant men.

3 

The sons of Ozi: Izrahia, of whom were born Michael, and Obadia, and Joel, and Jesia, five all great men.

4 

And there were with them by their families and peoples, six and thirty thousand most valiant men ready for war: for they had many wives and children.

5 

Their brethren also throughout all the house of Issachar, were numbered fourscore and seven thousand most valiant men for war.

6 

The sons of Benjamin were Bela, and Bechor, and Jadihel, three.

7 

The sons of Bela: Esbon, and Ozi, and Ozial, and Jerimoth and Urai, five chiefs of their families, and most valiant warriors, and their number was twenty-two thousand and thirty-four.

8 

And the sons of Bechor were Zamira, and Joas, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Amai, and Jerimoth, and Abia, and Anathoth, and Almath: all these were the sons of Bechor.

9 

And they were numbered by the families, heads of their kindreds, most valiant men for war, twenty thousand and two hundred.

10 

And the son of Jadihel: Balan. And the sons of Balan: Jehus and Benjamin, and Aod, and Chanana, and Zethan and Tharsis, and Ahisahar.

11 

All these were sons of Jadihel, heads of their kindreds, most valiant men, seventeen thousand and two hundred fifty to go out to war.

12 

Sepham also and Hapham the sons of Hir: and Hasim the sons of Aher.

13 

And the sons of Nephtali were Jasiel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Sellum, sons of Bala.

14 

And the son of Manasses, Ezriel: and his concubine the Syrian bore Machir the father of Galaad.

15 

And Machir took wives for his sons Happhim, and Saphan: and he had a sister named Maacha: the name of the second was Salphaad, and Salphaad had daughters.

16 

And Maacha the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Phares: and the name of his brother was Sares: and his sons were Ulam and Recen.

17 

And the son of Ulam, Baden. These are the sons of Galaad, the son of Machir, the son of Manasses.

18 

And his sister named Queen bore Goodlyman, and Abiezer, and Mohola.

19 

And the sons of Semida were Ahiu, and Sechem, and Leci and Aniam.

20 

And the sons of Ephraim were Suthala, Bared his son, Thahath his son, Elada his son, Thahath his son, and his son Zabad,

21 

And his son Suthala, and his son Ezer, and Elad: and the men of Geth born in the land slew them, because they came down to invade their possessions.

22 

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

23 

And he went in to his wife: and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Beria, because he was born when it went evil with his house:

24 

And his daughter was Sara, who built Bethoron, the nether and the upper, and Ozensara.

25 

And Rapha was his son, and Reseph, and Thale, of whom was born Thaan,

26 

Who begot Laadan: and his son was Ammiud, who begot Elisama,

27 

Of whom was born Nun, who had Josue for his son.

28 

And their possessions and habitations were Bethel with her daughters, and eastward Noran, and westward Gazer and her daughters, Sichem also with her daughters, as far as Asa with her daughters.

29 

And by the borders of the sons of Manasses Bethsan and her daughters, Thanach and her daughters, Mageddo and her daughters: Dor and her daughters: in these dwelt the children of Joseph, the son of Israel.

30 

The children of Aser were Jemna, and Jesua, and Jessui, and Baria, and Sara their sister.

31 

And the sons of Baria: Haber, and Melchiel: he is the father of Barsaith.

32 

And Heber begot Jephlat, and Somer, and Hotham, and Suaa their sister.

33 

The sons of Jephlat: Phosech, and Chamaal, and Asoth: these are the sons of Jephlat.

34 

And the sons of Somer: Ahi, and Roaga and Haba, and Aram.

35 

And the sons of Helem his brother: Supha, and Jemna, and Selles, and Amal.

36 

The sons of Supha: Sue, Hernapher, and Sual, and Beri, and Jamra.

37 

Bosor and Hod, and Samma, and Salusa, and Jethran, and Bera.

38 

The sons of Jether: Jephone, and Phaspha, and Ara.

39 

And the sons of Olla: Aree, and Haniel, and Resia.

40 

All these were sons of Aser, heads of their families, choice and most valiant captains of captains: and the number of them that were of the age that was fit for war, was six and twenty thousand.

Catechism

An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine, Lesson 12, Question 129

129 Q. How is the Church one?

A. The Church is one because all its members agree in one faith, are all in one communion, and are all under one head.

The Catholic Church is "one," first in government and second in doctrine. In government every pastor has a certain parish or territory in which all the people belong to his congregation—they form his flock. He has to take care only of these, to teach them, give them the Sacraments, etc. He has not to be responsible for those outside his parish. Then over the pastor we have the bishop, who looks after a certain number of pastors; then comes the archbishop over a certain number of bishops; next comes the primate, who is head of all the archbishops in the country; and over all the primates of the world we have the Holy Father. Thus, when the Holy Father speaks to the bishops, the bishops speak to the priests, and the priests to the people. The Church is therefore one in government, like a great army spread over the world. We can go up step by step from the lowest member of the Church to the highest—the Holy Father; and from him to Our Lord Himself, who is the invisible head of all. This regular body of priests, bishops, archbishops, etc., so arranged, one superior to the other, is called the hierarchy of the Church.

The Church is one also in doctrine—that is, every one of the three hundred million of Catholics in the world believes exactly the same truths. If any Catholic denies only one article of faith, though he believes all the rest, he ceases to be a Catholic, and is cut off from the Church. If, for example, you would not believe Matrimony or Holy Orders a Sacrament, or that Our Lord is present in the Holy Eucharist, you would not be a Catholic, though you believed all the other teachings of the Church.

Therefore the Church is one both in government and teaching or doctrine. Now, has any other Church claiming to be Christ's Church that mark? No. The Protestant religions are not one either in government or belief. The Protestants of England have no authority over the Protestants of America, and those of America have nothing to say over those of Germany or France. So every country is independent, and they have no chief head. Neither are they one in belief. In the same country there are many kinds of Protestants—Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, etc., who do not believe the same thing. Even those who attend the same church and profess the same religion do not all believe the same. Everyone, they say, has a right to interpret the Holy Scriptures according to his own views, so they take many different meanings out of the very same words. There must be some chief person to tell the true meaning of the Holy Scriptures when there is a dispute about it; but they have no such chief, and the result is they are never done disputing.

The United States has a constitution and laws. Now, suppose every citizen was allowed to construe the laws to suit himself, without any regard for the rights of others, what a fine state of affairs we should soon have. But the wise makers of the constitution and laws of the United States did not leave us in such danger. They appointed judges to interpret or explain the laws and give the correct meaning when disputes arise. Then in Washington there is a chief judge for the whole United States; and when he says the words of the law mean this or that, every citizen must abide by his decision, and there is no appeal from it. Just in the same way Our Lord made laws for all men, and while He was upon earth He explained them Himself. He never left all men free to take their own meaning out of them. He appointed judges—the bishops; and a chief judge for the whole world—the Pope. The Holy Ghost guides him, as we have seen above, so that he cannot make mistakes in the meaning of Christ's laws; and when he says, this is what the words of Our Lord in His law signify, no one who is a true Christian can refuse to believe, or can appeal from his decision.