A Portraiture of the Roman Catholic Religion: Or, an Unprejudiced Sketch of the History, Doctrines, Opinions, Discipline, and Present State of Catholicism : with an Appendix Containing a Summary of the Laws Now in Force Against English and Irish Catholics |
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Page xiv
... Rome is a very small city , compared with others , and but the tenth part of what
it was . 2 . Babylon is one of the strongest cities in the world ( Rev . xviii . 7 and 8 )
; but Rome is so weak that it has seldom been besieged without being taken .
... Rome is a very small city , compared with others , and but the tenth part of what
it was . 2 . Babylon is one of the strongest cities in the world ( Rev . xviii . 7 and 8 )
; but Rome is so weak that it has seldom been besieged without being taken .
Page 112
Why , therefore , should the character of the church of Rome and her doctrine be
taken only from the loose behaviour and wicked crimes of such , who , though in
communion with her , yet live not according to her direction ? She teaches ...
Why , therefore , should the character of the church of Rome and her doctrine be
taken only from the loose behaviour and wicked crimes of such , who , though in
communion with her , yet live not according to her direction ? She teaches ...
Page 221
Luther himself has not taken the least pains to conceal this instance of his
ambition ; and it appears evidently in several of his letters . " . From this period ,
the Reformation may properly be said to have taken effectual root . The limits of
the ...
Luther himself has not taken the least pains to conceal this instance of his
ambition ; and it appears evidently in several of his letters . " . From this period ,
the Reformation may properly be said to have taken effectual root . The limits of
the ...
Page 493
8 . , and a new oath of allegiance , and a new oath of supremacy were introduced
, and required to be taken in their stead : the statute made in the 2d session of the
1st year of king George the 1st , ch . 13 , contains an oath of supremacy , in the ...
8 . , and a new oath of allegiance , and a new oath of supremacy were introduced
, and required to be taken in their stead : the statute made in the 2d session of the
1st year of king George the 1st , ch . 13 , contains an oath of supremacy , in the ...
Page 511
Unless he shall have taken the oath of supremacy , established by act of
Parliament , * and certain other oaths specified by those rules , ( such persons
only „ ercepted , with whose taking the said oaths of supremacy , the Lord
Lieutenant , or ...
Unless he shall have taken the oath of supremacy , established by act of
Parliament , * and certain other oaths specified by those rules , ( such persons
only „ ercepted , with whose taking the said oaths of supremacy , the Lord
Lieutenant , or ...
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Page 335 - I do declare, that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 336 - ... the Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever, or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof, although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Page 335 - ... is and stands limited to, the Princess Sophia, electress and duchess dowager of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being protestants ; hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any other person claiming, or pretending a right to, the crown of...
Page 334 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Page 341 - Majesty's subjects from their oath of allegiance, upon any pretext whatsoever ? 3. Is there any principle in the tenets of the Catholic Faith, by which Catholics are justified in not keeping faith with heretics, or other persons differing from them in religious opinions, in any transaction, either of a public or a private nature ? The Universities answered unanimously — 1.
Page xiii - Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast : for it is the number of a man ; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Page 303 - Is any man sick among you ? Let him bring in the priests of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith shall save the sick man ; and the Lord shall raise him up : and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him...
Page 167 - Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
Page 306 - I profess, likewise, that in the Mass there is offered to God a true, proper, and propitiatory sacrifice for the living and the dead : and that in the most holy Sacrament of the Eucharist there is truly, really, and substantially the Body and Blood, together with the Soul and Divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 339 - I also declare that it is not an article of the Catholic faith, neither am I thereby required to believe or profess, that the Pope is infallible...
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| Title | A Portraiture of the Roman Catholic Religion: Or, an Unprejudiced Sketch of the History, Doctrines, Opinions, Discipline, and Present State of Catholicism : with an Appendix Containing a Summary of the Laws Now in Force Against English and Irish Catholics |
| Author | Joseph Nightingale |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 9 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 547 pages |
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