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catholic church , and branded their opponents as heretics * And this olatrn the church of Rome has certainly advanced : in other wordsj its bishop has asserted a right to prescribe , in matters of religious faith and practice , to
Christians of every . courtfry . ' Protestants accordingly , either from liabit or from courtesy , have styled the members of this church by the name which they themselves assume . The cdtholit Church projSdr-Ty signifies all sincere Christ tians of every . denomination . In
tire mote restricted sense Hi whJch tint tfeftu is ¦ eiftfrtoyed by Dr . M . it stand's for a religious body who believe that th £ bishop of Rome , aflthough fee has a local residence , jiossesses # n universal jurisdiction . There is much truth as well as
pOHit in the remark of Jortin : < c As k > the universal church , that btfgteitr , tvhich Valeritis sets up to scare us it only fneaife the ^ JR&nian cc&kolie church : that is f lie particular universal &fttifck . " *
Finally , fhte bishop of Csis £ a - Bala claims dpostolicity for bis church , ( 42 . ) " We can . tell / says he ^ < c the time w ^ en , &nd the place ivheft ) and the cause wh y * the othet societies of Christians received their being ; but no
ctee can tell these particulars with respect to the catholic church , since the titfte 'Cvrhert bur Saviour said to St . ^ eter , on the coast of
Caisarea Philippi : TRoU &rt Peter , for a rock ^) and upon this r&tk I will build ttig chittcky arid the gdtes of h ^ tt shall not prevail against it . * ' With submission to
* Rcmatfe 6 n Eedc * . Hftrf . ifoh iv . p , %% 6 . f E | $ li . 11 % 6 . ^ Tho ugh' it is probable that he sdfei ^ d mattyrdAlft * tl ^ fe , W 6 hfr # tf M po& * his having been its bishop . Campbell on Ecdcs . Hist . lect . xii . Lajrdner ' s Worth vol . vi . 547 , 548 . > . § Chron * Tab f in Mosheim .
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196 lUtiiefb .. D —i * . Mihier * s Consecration Setf / idn
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Dr . M . ' * these particu'Tars ^ are , a : nd have been fold ' concerning the church of Rome > The origin and progress ot the papacy have beefr distinctly traced ^ ^ speciHlly b )^ Principal CsUnpbtll , in his in-. structive Lectures on Eccusiastical History ; a work which we take leave to feCoinnierid to the attention of our readers . N /) r is it a fact ( hat our Lord buih his church solely on the preaching of Feter * This churchy ii Scripture may be credited ^ stands on the foundation of the apostles and pt&phetgj Jesus Christ himself being the chief cdrner-sfQne . i ft mtCybe added , that Peter could
riot Communicate an infallibility of wkich he himself tf as destitute , as is evident from Gail . ii . 11 , &c . Dr . M . as is usual with
writers of his communion , boasts of tlie regular succession of the chief pastors of the Romish ch urch . Now , if the fact were graniedjj what conclusion vv 6 uld it warrant ? Supposing the succession to have
been ever so long and u ^ iinter rupted , are truth , wisdom , righteousness ^ handed down of necessity with it ? We may at least doubt , however , whether Rome was visited bv Peter : £ we are certain that there have been rival
popes ;§¦ nor are we unacquainted with the characters and opinions of some who have filled the ponti * fical chair . Besides , a station
of such affluence and power as the popedom , would not easily fee left vacant . But how does . th £ diufch of Rome make good her pretension to be an infallible inter *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1810, page 196, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2403/page/36/
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