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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... proud thus to associate it with your name before the public . As the subject , however , on which I have ventured , is one which violently agitates men's minds at this moment , it would be selfish and ungrateful in me , if , while I.
... proud thus to associate it with your name before the public . As the subject , however , on which I have ventured , is one which violently agitates men's minds at this moment , it would be selfish and ungrateful in me , if , while I.
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... mind , which the warmth of de- votion soon dissipated . Yet they would gather again and again , with an increased darkness , which prayer could scarcely dispel . - That immo- rality and levity are always the source of un- belief , the ...
... mind , which the warmth of de- votion soon dissipated . Yet they would gather again and again , with an increased darkness , which prayer could scarcely dispel . - That immo- rality and levity are always the source of un- belief , the ...
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... mind to counteract the in- voluntary doubts which were daily acquiring an irresistible strength . In this distress I brought to remembrance all the arguments for the truth of the Christian religion , which I had studied in the French ...
... mind to counteract the in- voluntary doubts which were daily acquiring an irresistible strength . In this distress I brought to remembrance all the arguments for the truth of the Christian religion , which I had studied in the French ...
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... mind will not turn to a common - place evasion , to save itself the labour of thinking . When I examine the state of my mind previous to my rejecting the Christian faith , I cannot recol- lect any thing in it but what is in perfect ...
... mind will not turn to a common - place evasion , to save itself the labour of thinking . When I examine the state of my mind previous to my rejecting the Christian faith , I cannot recol- lect any thing in it but what is in perfect ...
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... mind . I thought within myself that the certainty of the Roman Catholic faith had no better ground than a fallacy of that kind which is called reason- ing in a circle ; for I believed the infallibility of the church because the ...
... mind . I thought within myself that the certainty of the Roman Catholic faith had no better ground than a fallacy of that kind which is called reason- ing in a circle ; for I believed the infallibility of the church because the ...
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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.