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Title: Errors of the Roman Catholic Church, or, Centuries of oppression, persecution and ruin
Year: 1899 (1890s)
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Subjects: Catholic Church Anti-Catholicism Catholic Church Doctrinal and controversial works Protestant authors
Publisher: St. Louis, Mo. : J.H. Chambers
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
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ble to find anyauthority for the Supremacy of the Bishop of Rome in thewritings of the Fathers of the first Christian centuries.Neither Clement of Rome, Polycarp, Ignatius, Barnabas,nor Hermas, give us an intimation of this Supremacy.Clement was himself Bishop of Rome, and according toRomanists, Prince and Head of the Church. Yet hisgenuine epistle to the Church at Corinth, contains nointimation that he possessed any such power or prerogativeas claimed by the Popes of later ages ; while the generaltenor of the epistle is at war with any such assumption.The Fathers of the second century, Justin, Ireneus, andClement of Alexandria, make no mention of the spiritual The time has comeWhen men, with hearts and brains. Must rise and take the misdirected reinsOf government, too long left in the hands. Of Aliens and of Lackeys. He who standsAnd sees the mighty vehicle of State Hauled thro the mire to some ignoble fateAnd makes not bold protest as he can Is no American.(426) Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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ORIGIN AND RISE OF THE PAPACY. 427 sovereignty of the Bishop of Rome. The first authoritywhich Du Pin claims as reliable in support of the Papacy,dates about the year A. D. 370. Bellarmins first reliableauthority is of the same date, while Alexanders firstauthority is still later. This is most extraordinary, if theRomish doctrine be true. Here, we have, according toRome, the most wonderful spiritual monarchy the worldhas ever known, existing for nearly four centuries beforethere is a single mention made of it by any Christianwriter! All this, while the absolute Spiritual Supremacyresided in the Bishop of Rome, but neither he, nor any oneelse, had any knowledge of the fact, or if they knew it,did not think it of sufficient importance to speak of it!!Is such a case supposable ? Do not reason and commonsense revolt at such a conclusion % Does not this silenceof the early Christian writers prove conclusively that nosuch spiritual monarchy existed in their day % No otherconclusion is consi

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