Assertions of a Roman Catholic priest examined and exposed: or The correspondence between the rev. John Venn ... and the rev. James Waterworth: respecting certain assertions made by the latter at the 'Hereford discussion'.

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Seeley, 1845
 

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Page 110 - Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples : and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Page 113 - Christ, at or after the consecration thereof, by any person whatsoever ; and that the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary, or any other saint, and the sacrifice of the Mass, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous.
Page 148 - See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Page 110 - ... and that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness : that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
Page 52 - ... the faithful should be excited to the reading of the Holy Scriptures; for these are the most abundant sources, which ought to' be left open to every one, to draw from them the purity of morals and of doctrine, to eradicate the errors which are widely disseminated in these corrupt times...
Page 113 - I do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me, as they are commonly understood by Protestants, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
Page 90 - Whosoever will be saved: before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith. Which Faith, except every one do keep whole and undefiled: without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
Page 1 - But if any temporal lord, being required and admonished by the church, shall neglect to cleanse his country of this heretical filth, let him be bound with the chain of excommunication by the metropolitan and the other cо -provincial bishops.
Page 1 - And if he shall scorn to make satisfaction within a year, let this be signified to the supreme pontiff: that thenceforth he may declare his vassals to be absolved from their fidelity to him, and expose his land to be occupied by the Catholics, who, having exterminated the heretics, may, without contradiction, possess it, and preserve it in purity of faith...
Page 116 - We read in the chronicles of St Francis, that Brother Leo once saw, in a vision, two ladders, — one red, at the summit of which was Jesus Christ, and the other white, at the top of which presided his blessed mother. He observed that many who endeavoured to ascend the first ladder, after mounting a few steps, fell down, and on trying again, were equally unsuccessful, so that they never attained the summit ; but a voice having told them to make trial of the white ladder, they soon gained the top,...

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