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LETTER I. ORIGIN OF THE CONTROVERSY. First work of Bishop Hopkins — Author's reply — No Rejoinder — Letter to Protestant Bishops — Bishop Hopkins' Challenge — Author's Offer — Suspension of Hostilities — Unexpected Renewal — Dr. Ives — Failure of Dr. Jarvis — Conversions — Exaggerations — Conspiracy Against our Common Liberties — Dr. Hopkins' Change of Tactics, 13 LETTER II. RULE OF FAITH. Dr. Hopkins' Complaint of Misrepresentation Unfounded — Symbols — Thirty-nine Articles — Early Councils — Episcopalians Reject the Athanasian Creed — Leave an Article in Apostles' Creed discretionary — The Substance of the Creed Anterior to the Bible — Meaning of Thirty-nine Articles undetermined — Articles of Peace — Individual placed Above the Church — Explanation of Dr. Hopkins — Church Authority in Privy Council — General Convention cannot Claim Assent of the Mind — Council Erroneously Appealed to — Vain Boasting of Prayer-book, 19 LETTER III. ON THE SCRIPTURE. Position of Dr. Milner — Rant of Dr. Hopkins — Difference between Catholics and Episcopalians — Dr. Hopkins evades Objection — St. Augustin would not Believe the Gospel but for the Church — Common Law — Canon of Scripture — When Settled — Jerom's Authority — Ancient Tradition — Canon of Laodicea — Corruptions of Text — God a Rock — Vulgate Editions of Sixtus V. and Clement VIII., 32 LETTER IV. INTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE. Tradition not a distinct Revelation — Testimony of Irenseus — Tertullian — Clement of Alexandria — Origen — St. Cyprian — St. Athanasius — Artful Misquotation — St. Cyril of Jerusalem — St. Jerom — Mistranslation — St. Augustin — Prohibition of Scriptures — Act of Henry VIII., 47 LETTER V. ON THE SACRAMENTS. Confirmation — Penance — Extreme Unction — Orders — Matrimony — St. Augustin — Canadians, 61 LETTER VI. ON TRANSUBSTANTIATION. Jeremy Taylor — St. Augustin — Catechism of Church of England — Sixth Chapter of St. John — Explanation of St. Augustin — Tertullian's Style — The Martyr Ignatius — St. Justin — St. Ambrose — St. Cyril of Jerusalem — Second Council of Nice — St. Cyprian — St. Jerom — Words of our Lord — Wilberforce — Dr. Hopkins on Testimony of Senses — St. Cyril of Jerusalem — Anglican Divines, 70 LETTEE VII. ON THE SACRIFICE. Definition of Sacrifice — Prophecy of Malachi — St. Justin St. Irenaeus — St. Augustin — Anglicans — Mede, Overall, Hickes — Priest and Altar — Sacrifice always Acknowledged — Assertions by Wilberforce — Anglican Orders Invalid — Sacrifice Ignored — Alms for Mass, 88 LETTEE VIII. ON COMMUNION UNDER ONE KIND. Custom Introduced by Force of Circumstances — Belief of Greeks — Like Change in Mode of Baptism — Sacrifice needs Consummation — Discipline Varies — English Parliament and Calvin — Popes Leo and Gelasius — Communion Under Both Kinds enjoined to Discover Mani- cheans — Facts which Prove Communion in One Kind, 98 LETTEE IX. ON PENANCE. Agreement of Church of England and Catholic Church — Force of Greek Term — Circumstances to be Confessed — Confession not Private — Liberty to Choose Confessor — Attrition — Chillingworth — Form of Absolution — Change made by American Convention — Minister Arraigned for Exercising Power of Forgiveness — Tertullian's Testimony — Origen — Athanasius — Basil — Ambrose — Augustin — Irenaeus — St. Chrodegang — Council of Lateran — Council of Worms — Vicarious Satisfaction — Manner of Confession — Advantages, 104 LETTER X. ON PURGATORY. Misstatement of Dr. Hopkins — Proof from the Macchabees — Testimony of Beveridge — Admission of Dr. Hopkins — Arguments of Dr. Milner — Views of St. Ambrose — St. Cyprian distorted — St. Augustin's Sentiments — Greeks and Latins — Anecdote — Prayer for the Dead under Edward VI., 122 LETTER XI. ON INDULGENCES. Plenary Indulgence first granted by Urban II. — Questors of Indulgences — Argument from St. Paul — False Statment of Dr. Hopkins — Usage in Spain — Act under Edward VI. for enforcing Abstinence — Treasure of the Church, 133 LETTER XII. ON DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN. Charge against Dr. Milner — Addresses to Infant Jesus — Mariolatry — Temple of the Trinity — Address of the Angelin Syriac — Title of Mother — Miracle of Cana — St. Cyril of Alexandria — Newcome — Silence of Scripture — Virtues of Mary — St. Bernard — St. Ambrose — Mother of God — St. Augustin — Assumption of the Blessed Virgin — St. Basil — St. Gregory the Great — St. Epiphanius — Injurious Supposition — Ancient Liturgies — St. Irenseus — Mary, Advocate of Eve, 139 LETTER XIII. ON THE INVOCATION OF THE SAINTS. Ambiguous Term used by Bellarmin — St. Justin — Dr. Milner's Argument not fairly Met or Stated — Intercession Admitted by Dr. Hopkins — Litany of St. Joseph — Canonization — Gibbon's Acknowledgment — Miracles — Voltaire's Tribute to Monasteries, 162 LETTER XIV. ON RELICS. Councils of Trent and Nice — Consecration of Altars — Brazen Serpent — Relics of St. Stephen — Miracles testified by St. Augustin and St. Ambrose — Shrine of St. Thomas 'a Becket — Offerings — Scriptural Examples — Associations — Eloquent Passage of St. Ambrose — Purchase of the Body of St. Isidore — Custom of Kneeling to Sovereigns — Interested Motive — Kissing of Gospel — Testimony of St. Jerom, 174 LETTER XV. ON IMAGES. Use of Sculpture or Painting as Memorials — Second Council of Nice — Testimony of St. Gregory — Fact of St. Epiphanius — Eusebius — Garbled Quotation from Clement of Alexandria — St. Ambrose — Picture of St. Stephen — Optatus — Serenus breaks Image — Good Shepherd — Honor referred to Originals — Bowing at the Name of Jesus — Miraculous Images — Omission of Second Commandment — Alleged Forgery, 186 LETTER XVI. ON THE PRIMACY. Text of Promise — Distinction Abandoned — Ambitious Tendencies checked — Linus, Bishop after Peter — Origen — Cyprian — Eusebius — Ambrose — Author of Books on the Sacraments doubtful — St. Jerom — St. Augustin — Appellate Power — Council of Constantinople did not place the Bishop on a level with the Pope — Misstatement of Proceedings at Chalcedon — Popess Joan — Acknowledgment of Succession by Beveridge — African Appeals — Misnomer — Letter of St. Peter to Pepin — Scandals — Causes of Slander — St. Augustin's Reply — Boniface VIII. — Blunder of Dr. Hopkins, 198 LETTER XVII. ON TEMPORAL POWER. Parliament Gulled — Confederacy of Christian Nations — Application of People — Grounds of Sentence — Investitures not Sole Cause of Contest — Bull of Pius V. — Excommunication of Napoleon — Mr. Brownson's View — Bishops not Responsible — Dr. Nevin's Avowal, 217 LETTER XVIII. ON ABUSES. Summary of Scandals — Authority of Fleury — St. Augustin — Butler's Analogy — Marriage of Clergy — Henry VIII. enforces Celibacy — Elizabeth averse to the Marriage of Clergymen — St. Augustin Explains the Forbearance of the Church — Simony — Military Character of Bishops — Dr. Nevin on Church Influence — University of Paris — Mistranslation and Misrepresentation — The Wicked are Known; the Virtuous are Unperceived — English Schism not occasioned by Abuses, 229 LETTER XIX. ON PERSECUTION. Avowal of Dr. Hopkins — First Instances of Burning Heretics by Emperor of Constantinople — Appeal of St. Augustin — Decree of Lateran — St. Leo — Third Council of Lateran — Crusades against Sectaries — Force of Latin Term — Civil Authorities required to clear their Territories of this Heretical Filth — Mixed Character of Councils — Nature of Inquisition — Star Chamber — Persecuting Spirit of Archbishops of Canterbury, 243 LETTER XX. ON HENRY VIII. Dr. Hopkins denies that his Passion for Anne Boleyn led to the Schism — Testimony of Sir James Mackintosh — Case of Josephine — Documents Signed at Orvieto — Despair of Success — Opposition of the Clergy — Policy of Henry — Fisher and More — Cruelty of Henry towards his Wives — Persecutions — Tyranny — Plea of Dr. Hopkins — Countess of Salisbury — Plunder of Monasteries, 271 LETTER XXI. ON CRANMER. Slander of Jesuits — Concubinage of Cranmer — Cruelty — Pliancy — Time-serving — Perjury — Vain Pleas — Signs Death-Warrant of Sudeley — Treason — Repeated Prevarications, 289 LETTER XXII. ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. Alleged Misrepresentation — Origin of British Churches — Curious Mistake — False Charge of Force being Employed — Canterbury — Ordination of Matthew Parker — Ordinal of Edward VI. — Invalidity of Orders — Cranmer's Views — Bishops Ecclesiastical Sheriffs — Jurisdiction from the Crown — Matthew Parker had no Ecclesiastical Mission — Illustration adduced by Or. Hopkins — Republicanism — Parent Church, 302 LETTER XXIII. ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. The Church an Obedient and Faithful Spouse — Her Permanence Miraculous — Her Catholicity denied by Dr. Hopkins, affirmed by St. Augustin — Maxim of Vincent of Lerins — Her Unity — Religious Orders — Republican Features — Death-bed Conversions, 322

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