The Church Quarterly Review, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Society for Promoting Christi Knowledge
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780243564897
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 572

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Excerpt from The Church Quarterly Review, Vol. 6 Formerly ranged over almost the whole domain of theology must be henceforward concentrated on one topic alone, since whatever is found existing uncensured in the Latin Obedience must-be regarded as having the sanction of infallibility at its back, and as being therefore unassailable by loyal Catholics within the fold, and by all external opponents who are not prepared to join issue on the 'preliminary question. And, notably, the controversy between the Church of Rome and the Church of England, though it has not really changed since it originally began, has been 'limited. Since the Vatican Council of i87o, to one definite issue, so far as Roman Catholic controversialists are concerned. That issue is the formal claim, first openly put forward by Boniface VIII. In his Bull Unam Sauctam, that the Roman Church is not merely the' mother and mistress of all Churches, ' the largest, most august, and most authoritative portion of the Christian body, occupying, so to speak, the position of the eldest son who succeeds to the titles and to the entailed estates of his father - albeit the younger have minor independent legacies bequeathed to them - but that she is the whole Church, the sole legitimate offspring and heir, so that wherever in the course of Holy Scripture or of the Fathers 'the Church' is spoken of as clothed with any graces or privileges, the mean ing is absolutely limited to the Church in communion with and under the authority of the Pope of Rome, and excludes all other Christian societies as mere sects and schisms from the unity of the One Body of Christ. All other pleas which are raised by Roman controversialists against other portions of Christendom are purely incidental and subordinate, whether urged against their orthodoxy, their possession of a valid ministry, or their practical working. No unimpeachability on all these heads makes the least difference in the conduct of the Roman Church towards them. In every case her policy is the same - to enter on their domains, to deny their claims and rights, and to substitute a rival organisation and worship for that which she finds established amongst them. This conduct she justifies on the alleged ground of superior right, conferred by special Divine privilege, and proved by the clear witness of revelation, as well in Holy Scripture as in the his torical tradition of Christendom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.