A26898:1661
Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part…
Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part of the government of Christian princes and popes, and a true account of the most troubling controversies and heresies till the Reformation ... / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed by B. Griffin for Thomas Simmons, 1680
Church-History OF BISHOPS And their COUNCILS ABRIDGED, &c. › Chapter 11
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12. And if these men uncalled were true Popes, why might not the Turk be one, or any man that can get the place or Title? Why were not all the 4 or 5 or 6 at once true Popes? If not, Where was the Catholic Church this while, if a Pope was a constitutive head or part? and what is become of your Succession? will any possession jure vel injuriâ serve for a Succession? If so, Why tell you the Protestants that they want it? If not, What pretence have you for it? I think the Protestants can prove a far better succession.
12. And if these men uncalled were true Popes, why might not the Turk be one, or any man that can get the place or Title? Why were not all the 4 or 5 or 6 at once true Popes? If not, Where was the Catholick Church this while, if a Pope was a constitutive head or part? and what is become of your Succession? will any possession jure vel injuriâ serve for a Succession? If so, Why tell you the Protestants that they want it? If not, What pretence have you for it? I think the Protestants can prove a far better succession.
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1§ 112. Berengarius rose in these horrid days; and it is no wonder if such a monster as Pope Benedict, and his companions condemned him, and set up the monstrous doctrine of Transubstantiation. As Tertullian saith it was an honour to • Christians to be first persecuted by such a one as N•ro, so was it to the doctrine of the Sacrament to be condemned by such a one as Benedict 9. and in the time (as Baron. and Bin. speak) of the three-headed monstrous beast.
1§ 112. Berengarius rose in these horrid dayes; and it is no wonder if such a monster as Pope Benedict, and his companions condemned him, and set up the monstrous doctrine of Transubstantiation. As Tertullian saith it was an honour to Christians to be first persecuted by such a one as Nro, so was it to the doctrine of the Sacrament to be condemned by such a one as Benedict 9. and in the time (as Baron. and Bin. speak) of the three-headed monstrous beast.