CHAP. IV. | Men should choose their prelates and love them | p. 464 |
The nature of the Host | 465 | |
A Pope who is unsound in this is unfit for his office | 465 | |
V. | Antichrist urges that the Church would lose honour if God's law were strictly kept | 466 |
It would be well if the Church gave up worldly rule and honour | 467 | |
VI. | Antichrist says the Pope could not keep proper state | 468 |
Rulers should enforce poverty in priests | 469 | |
VII. | Pomp of popes and prelates | 470 |
Princes may have worldly splendour | 471 | |
Cardinals are hinges to the devil's house | 472 | |
VIII. | Priests should follow Christ's law and example of poverty | 472 |
They should be distinguished by virtues, not by wealth | 473 | |
They should teach men to live well | 474 | |
IX. | Lords who endow the clergy are professing to amend Christ's ordinance | 475 |
Constantine not to be canonized | 475 | |
Priesthood and lordship cannot go together | 475 | |
X. | Evil of endowments | 476 |
Monasteries, etc., are dens of thieves | 476 | |
Perpetuity belongs only to Christ | 478 | |
XI. | Antichrist objects that the whole hierarchy would be destroyed | 478 |
Christ's order would remain | 479 | |
We should judge priests by their good deeds | 479 | |
XII. | Antichrist urges that indulgences would come to an end | 480 |
Absolution rests with Christ | 481 | |
Popes grant absurd indulgences | 482 | |
Men should look closely before they buy them | 482 |