Claims of a Protestant Episcopal Bishop to Apostolical Succession and Valid Orders Disproved: With Various Misstatements of Catholic Faith and Numerous Charges Against the Church and Holy See, Corrected and Refuted

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Catholic Publication Company, 1880 - 348 pages
 

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Page 82 - I say to thee that thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it and to thee I will give the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound also in heaven ; and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth shall be loosed also in heaven.
Page 144 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Bishop in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Page 32 - We teach and define that it is a dogma divinely revealed : that the Roman Pontiff, when he speaks ex .cathedra, that is, when in discharge of the office of Pastor and Doctor of all Christians, by virtue of his supreme Apostolic authority he defines a doctrine regarding faith or morals to be held by the Universal Church...
Page 32 - Therefore faithfully adhering to the tradition received from the beginning of the Christian faith, for the glory of God our Saviour, the exaltation of the Catholic religion, and the salvation of Christian people...
Page 138 - Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures, and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things.
Page 37 - Pontiff himself is the successor of blessed Peter, the Prince of the Apostles, and the true Vicar of Christ, and the Head of the whole Church, and the Father and Teacher of all Christians ; and that to him in blessed Peter was given full authority by our Lord Jesus Christ to feed, rule and govern the Universal Church, according as it is also contained in the acts of the oecumenical councils and in the sacred canons.
Page xv - For you have not received the spirit of bondage again in fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption of sons, whereby we cry, Abba (Father). For the Spirit himself giveth testimony to our spirit, that we are the sons of God ; and if sons, heirs also ; heirs indeed of God, and joint heirs with Christ.
Page 37 - To satisfy this pastoral duty, our predecessors ever made unwearied efforts that the salutary doctrine of Christ might be propagated among all the nations of the earth, and with equal care watched that it might be preserved genuine and pure where it had been received. Therefore the Bishops of the whole world, now singly, now assembled in synod.
Page 38 - For the Holy Spirit was not promised to the successors of Peter that by His revelation they might make known new doctrine, but that by His assistance they might inviolably keep and faithfully expound the revelation or deposit of faith delivered through the Apostles.
Page 38 - And indeed all the venerable Fathers have embraced and the holy orthodox Doctors have venerated and followed their Apostolic doctrine ; knowing most fully that this See of holy Peter remains ever free from all blemish of error according to the divine promise of the Lord our Saviour made to the Prince of His disciples : I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not, and, when thou art converted, confirm thy brethren...

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