ENLISTED AGAINST POPERY,

UNDER

THE BANNER OF CHRISTIAN TRUTH.

A Prize Essay,

DESIGNED FOR SABBATH SCHOOL TEACHERS
AND SCHOLARS.

LONDON:

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY;

56 PATERNOSTER row, and 65 ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD:
AND SOLD BY THE BOOKSELLERS.

4851.

141. 06.171.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION

I. THE CHURCH OF ROME, AS TO ITS FOUNDATION,
IS AN UNCHRISTIAN CHURCH.

Subject introduced-Popish doctrine that Peter was made

the foundation of the church refuted-Our Saviour's

declaration that he was the foundation Rock-The

term "
keys of the kingdom of heaven" implies no

power given to the apostle Peter-Exhortation to build

entirely on Jesus Christ as the only Head of the

church

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II. AS TO ITS RULE, IT IS AN UNSCRIPTURAL CHURCH.

The Bible declared by the church of Rome unsuitable to

the poor and unlearned-Quotations from the Holy

Scriptures, against any limitation on this subject-Ex-

perience proves the adaptation of the Scriptures to all

ages and conditions-Efforts made by the Romanists

to suppress the Bible in various countries, and perse-

cutions resulting therefrom-The Romish church

charged with altering and adding to the sacred Scriptures

-The Bible complete in itself, without human alteration

or addition-The traditions of the " fathers" both

needless and unsatisfactory

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III. IN SPITE OF ITS PRETENSIONS, IT IS A FALLIBLE

CHURCH.

The church of Rome's claims to infallibility, and the sole

right of interpreting the Scriptures, proved to be un-

warrantable and untrue-The church of Rome not

secure against error-The pope not the head of the

church-Fallibility of general councils-Popes and

councils an absurd invention, and have no place in the

book of God-The Scriptures the only infallible

guide

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