An Inquiry Into the Principles of Church Authority: Or Reasons for Recalling My Subscription to the Royal Supremacy

Hedian & O'Brien, 1855 - 333 pages

CHAPTER I	25

CHAPTER II	32

The Church as a teacher must herself explain her principles	53

2dly Churchauthority refers to matters of faith only but	63

These statements not inconsistent with respect for Holy Scripture	72

The like authority not possessed by the Jewish Church because	75

Its object to communicate grace and witness to truth	81

Grace and truth dwelt first in Our Lord 86 then in the College	90

CHAPTER XI	205

The Churchs danger in postNicene times was lest	212

because all the Bishops were their subjects and because	228

The Popes recognition by those ancient Councils which have	236

The Western Church had in early times been wont to refer	241

The Popes right of interference in appointments depended	244

The ripening of the Primacy into the Supremacy evidenced	248

But Private Judgment assumes the Inspiration of Scripture which	254

The like confusion prevailed among the Donatists when separated	98

The unity of the Episcopate shown to be a condition of its exist	106

2dly The Donatist Bishops who claimed independence for	116

CHAPTER V	124

The unanimity of their Successors secured by system of Metropo	131

The Christian Kingdom predicted to be one 134 unanimity	135

CHAPTER VII	141

5thly His charge to strengthen his brethren	151

St Paul gives priority to St Peter 162 while establishing his	167

CHAPTER X	180

The Primacy was only one of the institutions of the Church	184

Callistus Bishop of Rome censured for allowing rebaptism	192

The Papacy not a mere human institution unless the whole	202

Subscription therefore to the English Formularies was originally	257

CHAPTER XIII	264

This Hierarchy not created by positive laws but the growth of	265

The Churchs function of teaching truth is exercised through	271

This power expresssed in the Royal Supremacy on the lawfulness	277

CHAPTER XIV	284

2dly Their main difference from Rome the time of Easter	293

s acts had been rescinded in a regular manner	302

Proof of this as respects the Book of Common Prayer 311	315

CHAPTER XV	321

But in practice every one interprets the Churchs words for him	328

The desire for unity so impaired that separation from the State	330

Title	An Inquiry Into the Principles of Church Authority: Or Reasons for Recalling My Subscription to the Royal Supremacy
Author	R. I.. Wilberforce
Publisher	Hedian & O'Brien, 1855
Original from	the Bavarian State Library
Digitized	22 Mar 2011
Length	333 pages

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