The New Reformation A Narrative Of The Old Catholic Movement From 1870 To The Present Time With A Historical Introduction PDF Download

Excerpt from The New Reformation: A Narrative of the Old Catholic Movement From 1870 to the Present Time; With a Historical Introduction Two opposed theories in the early Catholic Church respecting the Pope's power and prerogatives - Catholic doctrine concerning Infallibility - the sentiment of nationality repudiated by Christianity - connexion between this sentiment and some of the early heresies - relations of the Bishops of Rome to the Church in the first four centuries - view of Gregory the Great - relations of Rome to Christendom during the first eight centuries - the power to decide upon questions of doctrine vested originally in General Council and not in the Pope - the False Decretals invented to support the pretensions of Rome - Mercator, Anselm of Lucca, Gratian, the Canon Law. Claims of the Papacy to temporal sovereignty - Donations of Pepin and Charles the Great - Innocent III. Decline of General Councils - the Schism - Innocent appeals to national interests. The Sacculum Synodale - Council of Pisa - Council of Constance - question of conciliar suffrage - proceedings of the Council - decisions of the fourth and fifth sessions - criticism of Janus - theory of General Councils restored, although reform is frustrated - policy of Pope Eugenius - Council of Basel - Councils of Ferrara and Florence - reconciliation with the Greek Church - fallacious nature of the compromise - Council versus Pope - election of Nicholas V. - the Pragmatic Sanction - failure of Church reform. Increasing corruption of the Church - revival of national differences - The Renaissance. The Reformation: - Diet of Spires - Confession of Augsburg - importance attached to formularies of faith - different formularies of Lutheranism - the unity of Roman Catholicism unreal - doctrine of Justification - its difference from the Catholic doctrine - Luther's views respecting Church government - the Catholic theory - the Church the guardian of tradition - theory of development - theory of the Catholic priesthood - the Pope and the Episcopate - counter-teaching of Lutheranism - results of this teaching - Calvinism - controversy respecting the Eucharist - the Church of England - the Forty-two Articles - distinctive theory of Church government - declaration of bishop Jewel - the Liturgy - decline of the Liberal party in the Romish Church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.