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A25226 The creed of Pope Pius the IV, or, A prospect of popery taken from that authentick record with short notes. Altham, Michael, 1633-1705. 1687 (1687) Wing A2932; ESTC R18033 8,868 13

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be the Mother and Mistress of all Churches and I do promise and swear true obedience to the Bishop of Rome the Successor of St. Peter the Prince of the Apostles and Vicar of Jesus Christ NOTES upon it If you can believe that a Part is the Whole why should you not believe the Church of Rome to be the Catholick Church If you can believe that the Church of Jerusalem and all other Churches in all parts of the world received their Religion from Her why should you not believe that she is the Mother of all other Churches If you can believe that any one Church in the world hath a Sovereign Power and Authority over all other Churches why should you not believe the Church of Rome hath and consequently is Mistress of all other Churches If you can believe that among equals there is any Superiority why should you not believe that St. Peter was Prince of the Apostles and consequently that the Bishop of Rome as his Successor is Bishop of Bishops and Prince of all Pastors If you can believe that Jesus Christ did constitute and ordain any particular Person upon Earth to be his Vicar-general in his absence why should you not believe that the Bishop of Rome for the time being is the Man But if you can believe none of these things I cannot help it XXIV I do undoubtedly receive and profess all other things which have been delivered defined and declared by the Sacred Canons and Oecumenical Councils and especially by the holy Synod of Trent and all things contrary thereunto and all Heresies condemned rejected and Anathematized by the Church I do likewise condemn reject and Anathematize NOTES upon it If you can believe that all and every thing which at any time hath been delivered defined and declared by any General Council especially by that of Trent doth exactly agree with the Canon of holy Scripture Or if you can believe that all and every thing which at any time hath ben condemned rejected and Anathematized by such Councils is really Heresie and justly condemned by them Then why may you not believe as the Church of Rome doth and receive this as an Article of Faith But if you cannot believe these things who can help it Thus have I given you a Prospect of Popery without any misrepresentation or prevarication from a very Authentick Record viz. The Creed of Pope Pius IV. which is received professed and sworn to by every one who enters into Holy Orders in that Church and in the close thereof we are told that the Faith contained therein is so absolutely and indispensibly necessary that no man can be saved without it The Creed it self you see contains Twenty four Articles The Twelve first of which we firmly believe and readily embrace being well assured that they contain nothing in them but Primitive Christianity and that they are well warranted by the Word of God The Twelve latter we reject as Innovations and Additions to the Catholick Faith that Faith which was once delivered to the Saints and which hath been delivered down to us in the holy Scriptures and the Three Ancient Creeds In these you have the main Body of Popery as it stands distinguished from Primitive Christianity the Novelty and unwarrantableness whereof it were no hard matter to demonstrate but that hath been done already by better hands and was no part of my design in these Papers I intended onely to give you a full view of Popery from an unexceptionable Record and leave you to consider of it And having this done I have onely this request to make that those into whose hands these Papers shall come would sit down and seriously consider whether it be fit or safe for them to mingle such stuff with their Common Christianity FINIS Books lately Printed for and Sold by L. Meredith at the Angel in Amen-Corner BIshop Taylor 's Opuscula The Measures of Friendship With Five Letters to persons changed and tempted to a change in their Religion To which is now added his Moral Demonstration proving that the Religion of J. Christ is from God Price bound 1 s. Two Treatises The First concerning Reproaching and Censure The Second An Answer to Mr. Serjeant's Sure-Footing To which are annexed Three Sermons Preached upon several Occasions and very usefull for these Times By the late Learned and Reverend William Faulkner D. D. Some Queries to Protestants Answered and an Explanation of the Roman Catholicks Belief in four great Points considered 1. Concerning their Church 2. Their Worship 3. Justification 4. Civil Government Price stitch'd 6 d. A Vindication of the Church of England from the soul Aspersions of Schism and Heresie unjustly cast upon her by the Church of Rome In Two Parts Price stitch'd 1 s.