Questions of religion cast abroad in Helvetia by the adversaries of the sameQuestions of religion cast abroad in Helvetia by the aduersaries of the same

SEE here I pray you, their¹ purpose, for to this end groweth the drifts of all their arguments, namely, to have us confess the Church of Rome which now is, and the head thereof, the Pope, to be the true & only Church of Christ, which the faithful throughout the whole world without all manner of question, ought to believe and obey: as shall manifestly appear by the questions following. And this question truly is very absurd: for it is alone, as if it should be demanded whether ⟨p. 15⟩any one city in a Realm be the whole Realm or no? Or, whether that any one man in a multitude be the whole company or no? Or, whether the hand or foot of some one body, be the whole body or no? For before I have already showed that this word Catholic signifieth universal: and yet I am not ignorant also that it may be taken for any faithful man. But by these questions they openly show unto the world their foolishness, or rather their exceeding and intolerable pride whilst they would have us to acknowledge one part to be the whole, and to have full power and authority to govern in the whole kingdom, company and body. Wherefore to this question: Whether the Church of Rome be the true catholic² Church or no, I answer thus: If they demand of the ancient Church of Rome, to the which Paul wrote his Epistle to the Romans, in the which also he remained a prisoner and preached by the space of two years: then I confess the same to be the true and faithful Church of Christ: but