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Of schism the true nature of it discovered and considered, with reference to the…Of schisme the true nature of it discovered and considered, with reference to the…
Of schism the true nature of it discovered and considered, with reference to the present differences in religion. / By John Owen D.D.Of schisme the true nature of it discovered and considered, with reference to the present differences in religion. / By John Owen D.D.
Oxford: printed by L.L. for T. Robinson, 1657
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Unto what hath been spoken,1 I shall only add the removal of some common objections, with a recharge on them, with whom principally we have as yet had to do, & come to the last thing proposed. The case of some of old, who were charged with Schism for separating from the Catholic Church on an account wholly and clearly distinct from that of a departure from the faith, is an instance of the judgement of antiquity lying in an opposition to the notion of departure from the Church now delivered. Doth not Augustine, Do not the rest of his Orthodox contemporaries, charge the Donatists with Schism, because they departed from the Catholic Church? And doth not the charge rise up with equal efficacy against you as them? At least doth it not give you the nature of Schism in another sense then is by you granted.
Unto what hath been spoken,1 I shall only adde the removeall of some common objections, with a recharge on them, with whom principally we have as yet had to do, & come to the last thing proposed. The case of some of old, who were charged with Schisme for separating from the Catholick Church on an account wholy and cleerly distinct from that of a departure from the faith, is an instance of the judgement of antiquity lying in an opposition to the notion of departure from the Church now delivered. Doth not Augustine, Doe not the rest of his Orthodox contemporaries, charge the Donatists with Schisme, because they departed from the Catholick Church? And doth not the charge rise up with equall efficacy against you as them? At least doth it not give you the nature of Schisme in another sence then is by you granted.
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The Reader knows sufficiently,1 if he hath at all taken notice of these things, whereto find this cloud scattered, without the least