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Which is the true church? the whole Christian world, as headed only by Christ…
Which is the true church? the whole Christian world, as headed only by Christ ... or, the Pope of Rome and his subjects as such? : in three parts ... / by Richard Baxter ...
London : Printed, and are to be sold by Richard Janeway ..., 1679
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.
PART. II.
The PREFACE. ALL was not well said or done by every Bishop, or Council of old, Sect. 1, 2, 3. Of the considerableness of the extra-Imperial Churches of old. Sect. 4, 5. The plea of Peters supremacy, and their succession, overthrown: There never were twelve Patriarchal seats as the successors of the twelve Apostles. No one Patriarch claimed to be an Apostles successor but Rome and Antioch, and Antioch never claimed supremacy on that account, Sect. 6. The true state of the controversy about the Churches perpetual visibility, Sect. 7. Papists make Christians no Christians, for not obeying the Pope, and no Christians to be Christians if they will be his subjects, Sect. 8, 9. What I maintain, Sect. 10. A discourse republished proving that Christs Church hath no Universal Head but himself, (Pope nor Council)
The PREFACE. ALL was not well said or done by every Bishop, or Council of old, Sect. 1, 2, 3. Of the considerableness of the extra-Imperial Churches of old. Sect. 4, 5. The plea of Peters supremacy, and their succession, overthrown: There never were twelve Patriarchal seats as the successors of the twelve Apostles. No one Patriarch claimed to be an Apostles successor but Rome and Antioch, and Antioch never claimed supremacy on that account, Sect. 6. The true state of the controversie about the Churches perpetual visibility, Sect. 7. Papists make Christians no Christians, for not obeying the Pope, and no Christians to be Christians if they will be his subjects, Sect. 8, 9. What I maintain, Sect. 10. A discourse republished proving that Christs Church hath no Universal Head but himself, (Pope nor Council)