A portraiture of the Roman Catholic religion
Subtitle: 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
Publisher: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Published: 1812
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: PREFACE v — xviii.; title: PART I.; title: SECTION I.; title: 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; title: SECTION II.; title: The Pope's supremacy. — Conversion of Constantine. — Temporal power of the Pope. — The Decretals. — Gift of Constantine 16 — 66; title: SECTION III.; title: Council of Nice. — The Arian controversy 66 — 78; title: SECTION IV.; title: View of the state of the Church, and the attempts at Reform previous to the time of Luther 78 — 100; title: SECTION V.; title: Causes that led to the Saxon and German Reformation 100 — 142; title: SECTION VI.; title: General view of the nature, character, and decline of Monastic Institutions 142 — 175; title: SECTION VII.; title: Sketch of the origin of the Reformation in Germany 175 — 230; title: SECTION VIII.; title: Influence of the Reformation on Literature and the Arts 231 — 249; title: SECTION IX.; title: On the influence of the Reformation on religion and morals in general 249—272; title: PART II.; title: SECTION I.; title: 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; title: SECTION II.; title: 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; title: SECTION III.; title: A Commination against numerous errors and blasphemies. — Address of the Roman Catholics to Protestants 333 — 347; title: SECTION IV.; title: Some other points on which Protestants have mistaken, and consequently misrepresented Catholics 347—373; title: SECTION V.; title: Of the Mass, and various other parts of doctrine, discipline, and church government 373 — 431; title: SECTION VI.; title: Persecution, and the Violation of Faith with Heretics 431—488; title: APPENDIX.; title: Containing a brief view of the Laws now in force against the Catholics of England and Ireland, with Remarks 489 — 535