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The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholic religion against popery proving…The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholike religion against popery proving…
The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholic religion against popery proving that popery is against the Holy Scriptures, the unity of the catholic church, the consent of the ancient doctors, the plainest reason, and common judgment of sense it self / by Richard Baxter.The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholike religion against popery proving that popery is against the Holy Scriptures, the unity of the catholike church, the consent of the antient doctors, the plainest reason, and common judgment of sense it self / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1657
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. And then for the Representative Church if there be such a thing it must be a General Council. And I have showed before, that many such as themselves call General Councils have contradicted the Pope, deposed, and condemned him. This Bellarmine, Canus and the rest of them do confess, and therefore I need not say more to prove it.
2. And then for the Representative Church if there be such a thing it must be a General Council. And I have shewed before, that many such as themselves call General Councils have contradicted the Pope, deposed, and condemned him. This Bellarmine, Canus and the rest of them do confess, and therefore I need not say more to prove it.
Argu. 18. That General Councils may err, is proved fully,1 both by the errors that they have committed, and by their contradicting one another. Its too well known that the Arians had as General Councils as most ever the Orthodox have had, Bellarmine and Canus give more instances of erring Councils then can be answered by the contrary minded.2 Pope Adrian and the second Council of Nice by him confirmed, decree for adoration of Images: And the Council of Frankford determined the contrary, against the said Council of Nice, though the Popes Legates contradicted them. So did the Council of Paris anno 825.3 who examined, ⟨p. 275⟩judged and reprehended the Council of Nice, and and Pope Adrians confirmation and defence of it; and therefore Bellarmine saith [They judged the judge of the whole world] Their words are recited by Bellarmine Append. de Imag. c. 3. Baronius anno 825. n. 5. Its commonly known, how Nazianzene complained that [He never yet saw a Council have a good end, but things were made worse by it and not better.] And Hierom (in Epist. ad Galat.) saith [That is the doctrine of the Holy Ghost which is delivered in the Canonical Scriptures, against which if Councils determine any thing I account it wicked] Instances of the errors of Councils we have too many.