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The Protestant, a Weekly Paper on the Principal Points of Controversy Betweeen the Church of Rome, and the Reformed, Including the
The Protestant a Weekly Paper on the Principal Points of Controversy Betweeen the Church of Rome and the Reformed Including the Author:William M'Gavin Title: The Protestant, a Weekly Paper on the Principal Points of Controversy Betweeen the Church of Rome, and the Reformed, Including the Correspondence Originally Published in the Glasgow Chronicle General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1821 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illu... more »strations 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 No. LXVII. SATURDAY, 27(4 MAY, 1820. Holy Councils can tell lies with as little scruple as any Popa of Rome, or any vender of old clothes in the Saltmarket. The worthy associate of Messrs. Simeon and M'-Hardy will under- ' stand the allusion, and he will be pleased to see that I have not overlooked him altogether. But the falsehood to which I at present refer, is a broad and barefaced one asserted by the holyCouncil of Trent. Speaking of transubstantiation, they say, it has always been believed in the Church of God. Now the fact is, it was never believed in the Church of God ; and I shall proceed to prove that it was not alivays believed in the Church of Koine. These gentlemen have, I see, been aiding Mr. Andrews again. Im the 33d Number of The Catholic Vindicator, they give what they call, " Farther Remarks by the Deputation on the 56th Number of Ths Pko- Testant," in which there is so much shuffling and misrepresentation, that I m strongly tempted to address a second Letter to Mr. M' Hardy; and indeed 1 would do so forthwith, were I not afraid it would not be reckoned Christian like to imitate the heathen king of whom it is sung, that " thrice he slew th slain" As for Mr. Simeon, he is by his own confession, hors de combat. H has done every thing in his power to uphold the credit of his infallible church, and ot'her spotless children ; and seeing he can do no more, ha tells the world by an adverti...« less