An edition of A portraiture of the Roman Catholic religion
(1812)
A portraiture of the Roman Catholic religion
or, an unprejudiced sketch of the history, doctrines, opinions, discipline, and present state of Catholicism : with an appendix containing a summary of the laws now in force against English and Irish Catholics
by Joseph Nightingale
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A portraiture of the Roman Catholic religion: or, an unprejudiced sketch of the history, doctrines, opinions, discipline, and present state of Catholicism : with an appendix containing a summary of the laws now in force against English and Irish Catholics
1812, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
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A portraiture of the Roman Catholic religion: or, an unprejudiced sketch of the history, doctrines, opinions, discipline, and present state of Catholicism : with an appendix containing a summary of the laws now in force against English and Irish Catholics
1812, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS.
PREFACE v — xviii.
PART I.
SECTION I.
Difficulties attending an undertaking of this nature. — Design of the present work. — On the use of the term Catholic. — Papist a term of reproach. — Legal appellation of Catholics in Great Britain 1 — 15
SECTION II.
The Pope's supremacy. — Conversion of Constantine. — Temporal power of the Pope. — The Decretals. — Gift of Constantine 16 — 66
SECTION III.
Council of Nice. — The Arian controversy 66 — 78
SECTION IV.
View of the state of the Church, and the attempts at Reform previous to the time of Luther 78 — 100
SECTION V.
Causes that led to the Saxon and German Reformation 100 — 142
SECTION VI.
General view of the nature, character, and decline of Monastic Institutions 142 — 175
SECTION VII.
Sketch of the origin of the Reformation in Germany 175 — 230
SECTION VIII.
Influence of the Reformation on Literature and the Arts 231 — 249
SECTION IX.
On the influence of the Reformation on religion and morals in general 249—272
PART II.
SECTION I.
Brief summary of the Catholic doctrines. — Roman Catholic principles, in reference to God and the King. — Points of faith literally universal. — Of the Holy Trinity 273—301
SECTION II.
Summary of the Catholic doctrines, opinions, &c. as contained in the Creed of Pope Pius IV., the Council of Trent, and other authorities 301 — 333
SECTION III.
A Commination against numerous errors and blasphemies. — Address of the Roman Catholics to Protestants 333 — 347
SECTION IV.
Some other points on which Protestants have mistaken, and consequently misrepresented Catholics 347—373
SECTION V.
Of the Mass, and various other parts of doctrine, discipline, and church government 373 — 431
SECTION VI.
Persecution, and the Violation of Faith with Heretics 431—488
APPENDIX.
Containing a brief view of the Laws now in force against the Catholics of England and Ireland, with Remarks 489 — 535
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