A history of popery; containing an account of the origin, growth, and progress of the papal power. To which are added, An examination of the present state of the Romish church in Ireland; A brief history of the Inquisition; and specimens of monkish legends

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John W. Parker, 1838 - 452 pages
 

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Page 266 - Brethren, in the Primitive Church there was a godly discipline, that, at the beginning of Lent, such persons as stood convicted of notorious sin were put to open penance, and punished in this world, that their souls might be saved in the day of the Lord; and that others, admonished by their example, might be the more afraid to offend.
Page 143 - Boniface, bishop, servant of the servants of God, to Philip, king of the French. Fear thou God and keep His commandments.
Page 144 - ... claiming to be pope, little or no greeting. May it please your sublime stupidity to learn, that we are subject to no person in temporal affairs ; that the bestowing of fiefs and benefices belongs to us by right of our crown ; that the disposal of the revenues of vacant sees is part of our prerogative ; that our decrees in this respect are valid both for the past and for the future ; and that we will support, with all our might, those on whom we have bestowed or shall bestow benefices. Those who...
Page 73 - There is, indeed, no doubt, as your highness also doth acknowledge, that Ireland, and all the islands upon which Christ the sun of righteousness hath shone, do belong to the patrimony of St. Peter, and the holy Roman church.
Page 101 - Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart : O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath ? Shy.
Page 50 - Romish hierarchy observes the laws of the state in which his master may have placed him, and respects for a time the authority of the local magistrate : but his order is his country, the pontiff is his natural sovereign, and their welfare and their honour are the appropriate objects of his public care*.
Page 266 - According to the doctrine of the Romish church, all the good works of the saints, over and above those which were necessary towards their own justification, are deposited, together with the infinite merits of Jesus Christ, in one inexhaustible treasury. The keys of this were committed to St. Peter, and to his successors the popes, who may open it at pleasure, and, by transferring a portion of this superabundant merit to...
Page 396 - Rome, and will expel and eradicate all his favourers, abettors, and partisans ; and will maintain, support, and defend, all persons, spiritual and temporal, who shall be promoted to church benefices or dignities by the king's majesty or other rightful patron ; and will apprehend and bring to justice, to be tried according to the laws made or to be made in such behalf, all who apply for provision to the bishop of Rome, or who betake themselves to Rome in quest of promotion, &c.
Page 335 - I was then looking for the keys of paradise, which obliged me to stoop a little ; but now I have found them, it is time to look upwards, as I am arrived at the summit of all human glory, and can climb no higher in this world.
Page 54 - That he alone has a right to use imperial ornaments. That princes are bound to kiss his feet, and his only. That he has a right to depose Emperors. That no synod or council summoned without his commission can be called general. That no book can be called canonical without his authority. That his sentence can be annulled by none, but that he may annul the decrees of all. That the Roman Church has been, is, and will continue, infallible. That whoever dissents from the Roman Church ceases to be a catholic...

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