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A Vindication of the Catholic Church; In a Series of Letters Addressed to the Rt. REV. John Henry Hopkins, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Vermont

A Vindication of the Catholic Church; In a Series of Letters Addressed to the Rt. REV. John Henry Hopkins, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Vermont

Kenrick, Francis Patrick

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ISBN10: 1151167657
ISBN13: 9781151167651
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.38 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855. Excerpt: ... the original design, or be more indeed than a weak and stunted copy of this on the most narrow and ephemeral scale. It is only in the bosom of ideas, principles, and associations, which are Catholic distinctively, and not Protestant, that charity of this sort finds itself perfectly at home. And just so it is with the piety of this Church in general. It is fairly and truly native to the soil from which it springs. That Church, with all its supposed errors and sins, has ever had power in its own way to produce a large amount of very lovely religion. If it has been the mother of abominations, it has been unquestionably the mother also of martyrs and saints. It is a sorry business to pretend to deny this, or to try to falsify the fact into the smallest possible dimensions. The argument of Dr. Milner in favor of the Church, derived from the miracles which attest the sanctity of her children, does not interfere with her claims to obedience in virtue of her Divine commission. She produces this as a voucher for her authority altogether sufficient. Yet those wonders, which from time to time happen through the prayers of holy men, serve to confirm faith, and show forth the Divine attributes. The passage which you quote from St. Gregory the Great, recognizes the principle of Church authority as independent of miracles, Mercersburg Review, September, 1851. Art Early Christianity. so that if any one should perform them in opposition to the Church, they should be disregarded as tainted with pride, and hateful to Him, who at the last day will reject some wonder-workers as doers of iniquity. This is a safe criterion, by which we may distinguish the false wonders of Satan from works truly Divine. But when extraordinary works are performed in support of revealed truth, a...

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