The Anglican Establishment Contrasted in Every Principle of Its Constitution with the Church Catholic of Every Age; Being a Second Letter to the Edito (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ... error of this supposition, in an excellent work called, " The Exercise of Faith impossible except in the Catholic Church." First, he draws attention to Vinceutius's most express words (p. 132, Oxf. Tr.), heresies are not " always, nor all, after this sort to be impugned, but only such as be new and upstart; to wit, at their first springing up." And so at starting he speaks of " finding out the fraud of heretics daily springing up" (p. 8). " Secondly," asks Father Penny, " what does Vincentmmean by Antiquity? We shall see this the more easily, by bearing in mind what term he opposes to it; this term is 'novelty;' and he has clearly explained what he means by ' novelty, ' limiting it to ' the first springing up of a heresy.' Antiquity, therefore, in his acceptation, extends up to the time when the novelty commences, that is, when the new heresy starts up." This is quite evident to any one who will read the treatise with even moderate candour and attention. One instance is, Vincentius's choice of those Fathers whose writings are to be our guide. He does not speak, according to the language of your school, about " going back to those who lived nearest to Apostolic times;" such a notion is not to be found in the whole trea tise. " Consult the opinions," he says (p. 13), " of those Fathers only, which, living at divers times and sundry places, yet continuing in the communion and faith of one Catholic Church, were approved masters and guides to be followed." " Those Fathers' opinions only are to be conferred together, which, with holiness, wisdom, and constancy, lived, taught, and continued, ...