A Treatise of the Corruptions of Scripture, Councils, and Fathers

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 Excerpt: ...the church of God, and (invocate, or) name angels, and make private conventicles, which are forbidden." Proved. The papists, to obscure their angelolatry, directly impugned by this canon, have put the word angulos for angelos, in the side of Dionysius' translation, (in the manuscripts, the abbreviation of both words is indeed alike), but in the text of the translation that is placed in the middle: which if they knew to be a true translation, why do not they follow it? If in their judgments it be false, impertinent, absurd, and untrue, (as it is,) why do they not correct it? But the best is, the reading of angelos is warranted by Bellanninek, 'and before him long ago by m Theodoret; for angelolatria is plainly here forbidden: and thence sprang the heretics, called "Angelici, for worshipping of saints. It would make a man laugh heartily to see how poor Binius is tormented and troubled in his observations upon this council, to make good Bellarmine distinction, and Baromus, subtle observation. The thirty-fifth place corrupted in the Decretals of Gregory IX. (Decretalium Gregorii;) Lib. iii. col. 1275. in Cap. "Laudabilem," Tit. 33.; "De Conversione Infidelium." In this decretal heretofore was contained a declaration of Pope Celestine's, not error, but flat heresy; and that he erred, not as a private person, but as a pope; which should be better advised when he goeth about any such affairs. The matter is plainly to be proved: we will bring a quod vidimus, testamur, an eye-witness, worth ten such as go upon hearsay; and that is a very learned papist, Friar Alphonsus de Castro. These be his very,words: "Neque hie Celestini error talis fuit, qui soli negligentiw imputari debent, ita wt ilium errasse dicamus velut privatum personam...