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A PROTESTANT'S REASONS

For the Independence and Protestantism of the Ancient British Church.

1. ST. Peter possessed no supremacy over the rest of the Apostles; therefore the Church of Britain, established by St. Paul, was independent of St. Peter.

2. St. Paul says of himself," that he had the care of all the Churches" of his own foundation; and therefore the Church of Britain was dependent on him, and not on St. Peter.

3. The Bishoprick of Rome was established jointly by St. Paul and St. Peter, after St. Paul's return from Britain; and therefore the Church of Britain was prior to, and independent of, the Church of Rome.

4. The Church of Britain was established before the Bishop of Rome had any authority beyond his own Diocese; and therefore was independent of the Church of Rome.

5. In the fourth century, Jerome declared the Churches of Rome and Britain to be ejusdem meriti et Sacerdotii, of the same condition, and merit, and pastoral authority.

6. The Church of Britain was subsisting in the fifth and sixth centuries, when Britain ceased to be a part of the Roman empire; and therefore was independent of the Church of Rome.

7. The Bishop of Rome derived the title and power of Universal Bishop from an emperor in the seventh century; and therefore the Church of Britain was independent of the Church of Rome, prior to the existence of such power.

8. The Bishop of Rome attempted to establish a spiritual jurisdiction over the Church of Britain in the seventh century, which the British Bishops indignantly rejected; and therefore the Church of Britain was independent of the Church of Rome.

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