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The Papal System; From Its Origin to the Present Time. a Historical Sketch of Every Doctrine, Claim and Practice of the Church of Rome
The Papal System From Its Origin to the Present Time a Historical Sketch of Every Doctrine Claim and Practice of the Church of Rome Author:William Cathcart General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1872 Original Publisher: Cathcart and Turner Subjects: Religion / Christianity / Catholic Religion / Christianity / General Religion / Leadership Religion / Christianity / Denominations Religion / Christian Church / History Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprin... more »t of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE POPE CLAIMS TO BE LORD OF KINGS AND NATIONS. Systems of religion may teach contradictory opinions about the persons of the Godhead, the character of the Divine government, the nature of the Saviour's sacrifice, and about the freedom of the will; and yet those who receive these diverse opinions may live in perfect harmony with each other. But it is otherwise when the head of one sect claims the sceptres and nations as his own, asserts a right to dethrone sovereigns, to act as the vicar of the Almighty in this world, in confirming or overturning at his plea- mure its laws, institutions, and chief magistrates. The conviction is universal, over the Protestant world, that the head of the Catholic Church claims this power, would exercise it if he could in every nation, and has employed it in many instances. This conviction has prompted the enactment of laws excluding Catholics from state offices, and of oaths requiring them to renounce the supremacy of the pontiff in civil affairs; and it has occasionally led to popular outbreaks in Protestant countries against the adherents of the papal Church. It must be confessed that there is a chronic apprehension among all the peoples whose fathers threw off the Roman yoke in the sixteenth century, that the Bishop of the Eternal Citv is only awaiting an opportunity toENGLAND GIVEN TO WILLIAM THE CONQUEROK. 101 ruler ; the land enjoyed peace i...« less