of the fathers present us with a chaotic confusion, which renders all the efforts of the controversialist, who is so ignorant or so papistical as to appeal to them in support of his doctrines, perfectly nugatory. We may refer to them as witnesses of facts, such as the existence of the Scriptures at a given time, and so forth, but we must cautiously abstain from bringing them into court as authoritative interpreters of the sense of Holy Writ. The third part of this work is composed of extracts from the Decretals of the Popes, from the Breviary, from the Missal, from the Council of Trent, Bellarmine, &c. Having the advantage of possessing an extensive library, I have in almost every instance extracted the contents of this volume from the originals; and whenever I have been constrained to borrow a quotation, I have recorded the name of the author to whom I am indebted for it. G. FINCH. INDEX TO PART I. Evidences of the Corruptions of the Catholic Visible Church Evidences of the Corruptions of the Church of Rome in Century Fourth 42 Pope Boniface's Bull, an. Dom. 1296 Church of Rome has three heads Characters of Angelo Conario and Peter de Luna, two of the three heads Moral Reformation of the Church of Rome. Baronius describes Gregory 7th as entering upon the Reformation of the Church, Innocent 3rd speaks of a Reformation of the Universal Church in the 4th Lateran Fleuri on the Council of Basil Gerson's Speech at the Council of Pisa Ægidius of Viterbo's Speech at the Fifth Lateran Council Speech of Christopher Marcellus, ibid Simon Begni, Bishop of Modrusch, ibid Exhortation of the Pope's Legates at the opening of the Council of Trent Speech of Co lus Bishop of Bitonto Speeches of Peter Fragus and Salvator Salapusius 132 Phocas confers the title of Universal Bishop upon Pope Boniface 3, an. Dom 606 |