ROMISH ARTICLES. 16. I do embrace and receive all and every thing that hath been defined and declared by the holy Council of Trent, concerning original Sin and Justification.* 17. I do also profess, that in the Mass there is offered a true, proper, and propitiatory Sacrifice for the Quick and the Dead, and that in the most holy Sacrament of the Eucharist, there is truly, really and substantially the Body and Blood, together with the Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ; and that there is a change made of the whole substance of Bread into the Body, and of the whole substance of Wine into the Blood, which ENGLISH ARTICLES OF RELIGION, to themselves damnation, as Saint Paul saith. XXI. Of the Authority of General Councils. General Councils may not be gathered together without the Commandment and Will of Princes. And when they be gathered together (forasmuch as they be an assembly of men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of God) they may err, and sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining unto God. Wherefore things ordained by them as necessary to salvation, have neither strength nor authority, unless it may be declared that they be taken out of holy Scripture. XXXI. Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross. The offering of Christ once made, is that perfect Redemption, Propitiation, and Satisfaction for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone. Wherefore the Sacrifice of Masses, in the which it was commonly said, that the Priest did offer Christ for the quick and the dead to have remission of pain or guilt, were Nowel's Catechism.-Homilies of the Nativity and the Passion. Wall's History of Inf. Bap. Jewel's Def. of Apol. Field of the Church, L. 3. G. 26. Bishop Burnet on 9th Article. ROMISH ARTICLES. change the Catholic Church calls Transubstantiation.* 18. I confess also, that under one kind only, whole and entire Christ, and a true Sacrament, is taken and received. † 19. I do firmly hold, that there is a Purgatory, and that the souls ENGLISH ARTICLES OF RELIGION. blasphemous fables, and dange rous deceits. XXVIII. Of the Lord's Supper. Transubstantiation, or the change of the Substance of Bread and Wine in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by Holy Writ; but it is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions. The body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten in the Supper, only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the Body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper, is Faith, The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was not by Christ's Ordinance reserved, carried about, lifted up, or worshipped. XXX. Of both Kinds. The Cup of the Lord is not to be denied to the Lay-people: for both the parts of the Lord's Sacrament, by Christ's ordinance and commandment, ought to be ministered to all Christian men alike. XXII. Of Purgatory. * Payne's Discourse on the Sacrifice of the Mass; Preservative against Popery, Vol. 2 Tit. 6. p. 55.-Smith's Dialogues, p. 215 to 220, and p. 176 to 203. Dr. John Edwards on Popery, Pp. 218 and 183. Dr. Harris against Transub. Salter's Hall Lectures, Bishop Burnet on 28th Article.-Bennet on Popery.-Biop Pearson on the Creed, Article 3. Smith's Dialogues. Payne's Disc. of Comm. of one Kind, in answer to the Bishop of Meaux; Preservative against Popery, Vol. 2. Tit. 7. p. 102. Edwards on Popery. Bishops Burnet and Beveridge on Article 30. VOL. I. [Prot. Adv. July, 1813.] 4B ROMISH ARTICLES. there detained are relieved by the suffrages of the faithful.* 20. I do likewise believe, that the Saints reigning together with Christ, are to be worshipped and prayed unto, and that they do offer prayers unto God for us, and that their Relicks are to be had in veneration.+ 21. I do most firmly assert, that the images of Christ, and of the ever Virgin Mother of God, and of the other Saints, ought to be had and retained, and that due honour and veneration ought to be given to them t 22. I do affirm, that the power of indulgences was left by Christ in the Church, and that the use of them is very beneficial to Christian people.§ ENGLISH ARTICLES OF RELIGION. ing Purgatory, Pardons, Worshipping and Adoration, as well of Images as of Reliques, and also Invocation of Saints, is a fond thing vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God. The word indulgentiis being translated pardons in the 39 articles printed in our prayer-books, the 224 article is here printed in the original Latin. XXII. De Purgatorio. Doctrina Romanensium, de Purgatorio, de indulgentiis, de veneratione et adoratione tum imaginum, tum reliquiarum, nec non de invocatione sanctorum, res est futilis, inaniter conficta, et nullis scriptararum testimoniis innititur : immo verbo Dei contradicit. • Archbishop Wake's Disc. of Purg. Idem, Disc. of Prayer for the Dead; Preservative against Popery. Edwards on Popery. Morning Exercise against Popery; Serm. 24. Stillingfleet's Idol. of the Church of Rome. Burnet on Article 22. + Dr. Freeman's, Dr. Clagett's, Dr. Whitby's, Dr. Comber's, and Mr. Gee's Tracts; Preservative against Popery, Vol. 2 Tit. 6. p. 157. Stillingflect, as in last note, p. 478. Clarkson's Practical Divinity of Papists.—Edwards on Popery.-Burnet and Beveridge, Article 22. The Virgin Mary truly represented, &c. Two Tracts by Bishops Fleetwood and Patrick; Preservative against Popery, Vol. 3. Tit. 12. Pp. 3 and 25. § Stillingfleet's Idolat, of the Church of Rome, p. 478. Clarkson's practical Divinity of Papists. Dr. J. Edwards on Popery, p. 271.-Bishops Burnet and Beveridge on Article 22.-Mr. Benj. Bennett on Popery, p. 163. ROMISH ARTICLES. 23. I do acknowledge, the holy Catholic and Apostolic Roman Church to 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.* 24. I do also without the least doubt, receive and profess, all other things which have been delivered, defined and declared by the sacred canons and œcumenical councils, and especially by the holy Synod of Trent; and all things contrary thereinto, and all heresies whatsoever condemned, rejected and anathematized by the Church, I do likewise condemn, reject and anathematize. This true Catholick Faith, without which no man can be saved, which at this time I freely profess, and truly embrace, I will be careful (by the help of God) that the same be retained and firmly professed whole and inviolate as long as I live, and that as much as in me lies, that it be held, taught and preached by those under my power, and by such as I shall 4 B 2 ENGLISH ARTICLES OF RELIGION. XIX. Of the Church. The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same. As the Church of Hierusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, have erred, so also the Church of Rome hath erred, not only in their living and manner of Ceremonies, but also in matters of faith. XXI. Of the Authority of General Councils. General Councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes. And when they be gathered together (forasmuch as they be an Assembly of Men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of God) they may err, and sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining unto God. Wherefore things ordained by them as necessary to Salvation, have neither strength nor authority, unless it may be declared that they be taken out of holy Scripture. * Dr. Barrow's Treatise on the Pope's Supremacy; and M. D. Neal on the same; Salter's Hall Lectures. Dr. J. Edwards on Popery, p. 129; Mr. J. Smith's Dialogues, p. 124. SIR, I am happy to find that your "Address to the Protestants of Great Britain and Ireland," has been answered by so able and eminent a Christian Advocate as Mr. Le Mesurier. As the subject is of the greatest possible importance, permit me also to contribute such thoughts as occurred to me on reading your production towards the general elucidation of the question, and the maintenance of the Protestant Cause. As conciliation is at present, with your party, the order of the day, you neither adopt the reproachful word heretic, without the use of which, amongst the lower ranks of people, your religion, perbaps, could not long subsist, nor do you actually renounce it; but you address us very correctly by the name of Protestants. The history of our respective religion might be thus concisely delineated. The extreme ignorance of the dark ages, when bishops could hardly write their own names, suggested, and highly favoured an attempt to build up a spiritual despotism, yet so as to resemble Christianity as much as possible, and appear from the misinterpretation of one single passage (Mat. 16-18) to be founded on A brief examination of the present Roman Catholic Faith contained in Pope Pius's Creed; by Sam. Gardiner; Preser. against Popery, v. 3, tit. 10, p. 7. Protestant Com panion; Preser. against Popery; Appendix, vol. 3, p. 86. To the authors here referred to, may be added, in order to acquire a competent knowledge of the Popish Controversy;-Bishop Jewel's Apology and Defence ;—Bishop Burnet's Hist. of the Reformation, and those parts of the Hist. of his own times which relate to the reign of James II. and the revolution.-Dr. Jortin's Remarks on ecclesiastical Hist.; his four Charges at the end of the 7th vol. of his Sermons, and particularly his 13th Sermon in Vol. 5.-Bishop Hall's serious Dissuasive from Popery ;and No Peace with Rome; wherein is proved that there can be no reconciliation of the reformed religion with the Romish.-Joseph Mede's Apostasy of the Latter Times.-Dr. Andrew Willett's Synopsis Papismi; dedicated to Queen Elizabeth; in which 1500 heresies and errors are charged on the Church of Rome, and ably refuted. (The fifth Edition, 1634, is deemed the best.)-Hist. of Popery, 2 Vols. 4to. 1735.-Bishop Newton's Dissertations on the Prophecies; particularly the 26th, containing a recapitulation of the prophecies relating to Popery.-Bishop Hurd's Warburtonian Lectures ; particularly the 7th, 8th, 11th and 12th Sermons.-Bishop Hallifax's Sermons at the same Lecture, particularly the 9th, on the Vision of the Apocalypse, concerning the Babylonish Woman; the 11th, containing an Historical View of the Corruptions of Popery; and the F2th, in which the reformation is vindicated from the objectiv. of the Romaatse |