I. Question: Why are you a Catholic? The answer follows. II. Question: But why are you a Protestant? An answer attempted (in vain) / written by the Reverend Father S.C. Monk of the Holy Order of St. Benedict ...

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I. Question: Why are you a Catholic? The answer follows. II. Question: But why are you a Protestant? An answer attempted (in vain) / written by the Reverend Father S.C. Monk of the Holy Order of St. Benedict ...
Author
Cressy, Serenus, 1605-1674.
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London :: [s.n.],
1686.
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Catholic Church.
Protestantism -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
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§. 38.

Now if these Prophesies be Divine, and have indeed been fulfilled, they have been fulfilled by Catholics only, and consequently Catholic Religion constitutes that Church of Christ to which such glo∣rious Predictions were made. I will therefore here adjoyn the words of St. Augustine, who having alledged out of the Scripture many such Pro∣phesies;* 1.1 concludes thus: Whilst thou holdest thy selffast to these Prophesies, if an Angel from Heaven should say to thee, Leave the Christianity of the whole Earth and chuse the part of the [Shismatic] Donatus, Luther, Calvin, Tindal, &c.] he ought to be to thee Anathema; because he would endea∣vour to cut thee off from the whole, and thrust thee up into one part, so alienating thee from the Promises of God.

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