Practical and internal evidence against Catholicism, with occasional strictures on mr. Butler's Book of the Roman Catholic Church: in 6 lettersJohn Murray, Albemarle-Street., 1825 - 351 pages |
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... communion , that a Roman Catholic cannot honestly do his duty as a member of the British Parliament without moral guilt ; or , what I ardently wish , my arguments should open their eyes to the errors of their church . A work written ...
... communion , that a Roman Catholic cannot honestly do his duty as a member of the British Parliament without moral guilt ; or , what I ardently wish , my arguments should open their eyes to the errors of their church . A work written ...
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... communion . Had my doubts af- fected any particular doctrine , I should have clung to the decisions of a church which claims ex- emption from error ; but my first doubts attacked the very basis of Catholicism . I believe that the ...
... communion . Had my doubts af- fected any particular doctrine , I should have clung to the decisions of a church which claims ex- emption from error ; but my first doubts attacked the very basis of Catholicism . I believe that the ...
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... communion in which I was inclined to procure admission was not , indeed , that in which I was educated ; but I had so long wandered away from the Roman fold , that , when approaching the church of England , both the absence of what had ...
... communion in which I was inclined to procure admission was not , indeed , that in which I was educated ; but I had so long wandered away from the Roman fold , that , when approaching the church of England , both the absence of what had ...
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... communion and creed . I need not prove this to those who are disposed to recognize the Roman Catholic doctrines in the face of the world ; but if any one still doubts the place which heresy holds in the Roman Catholic scale of criminal ...
... communion and creed . I need not prove this to those who are disposed to recognize the Roman Catholic doctrines in the face of the world ; but if any one still doubts the place which heresy holds in the Roman Catholic scale of criminal ...
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... communion of Rome , thereby placing millions of souls in a state which , you are bound to believe , cancels their title to salvation as Christians ? I am aware that a practical sense of the ab- surdity of this tenet of your church has ...
... communion of Rome , thereby placing millions of souls in a state which , you are bound to believe , cancels their title to salvation as Christians ? I am aware that a practical sense of the ab- surdity of this tenet of your church has ...
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Page 109 - Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.
Page 213 - Many of them also which used curious arts, brought their books together, and burned them before all men : and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
Page 99 - Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these ? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee.
Page 213 - For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God hath 'chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 63 - This true catholic faith, out of which none can be saved, which I now freely profess, and truly hold, I, N. promise, vow and swear most constantly to hold and profess the same whole and entire, with God's assistance, to the end of my life...
Page 16 - WHEN all Thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Page 116 - I also profess and undoubtedly receive all other things delivered, defined, and declared by the sacred canons and general councils, and particularly by the holy Council of Trent ; and likewise I also condemn, reject, and anathematize all things contrary thereto, and all heresies whatsoever, condemned, rejected, and anathematized by the Church.
Page 108 - Praeterea ad coercenda petulantia ingenia, decernit, ut nemo, suae prudentiae innixus, in rebus fidei, et morum ad aedificationem doctrinae christianae pertinentium, sacram scripturam ad suos sensus contorquens, contra eum sensum, quem tenuit et tenet sancta mater ecclesia, cujus est judicare de vero sensu, et interpretatione scripturarum sanctarum, aut etiam contra unanimem consensum patrum ipsam scripturam sacram interpretari audeat, etiamsi hujusmodi interpretationes nullo unquam tempore in lucem...
Page 116 - It is most true that the Roman Catholics believe the doctrines of their Church to be unchangeable; and that it is a tenet of their creed, that what their faith ever has been, such it was from the beginning, such it now is, and such it ever will be.
Page 68 - That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.