Roma ruens Romes ruine : being a svccinct answer to a popish challenge concerning the antiquity, unity, universality, succession, and perpetuall visibility of the true church even in the most obscure times, when it seemed to be totally eclipsed in the immediate ages before Luther / by Daniel Featley ...

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Roma ruens Romes ruine : being a svccinct answer to a popish challenge concerning the antiquity, unity, universality, succession, and perpetuall visibility of the true church even in the most obscure times, when it seemed to be totally eclipsed in the immediate ages before Luther / by Daniel Featley ...

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Featley, Daniel, 1582-1645.

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London :: Printed by Thomas Purslow for Nicholas Bourne ...,

1644.

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Contents

• frontispiece
• title page
• license
• A Table of the speciall contents.
• Indiculus authorum.
• THE CHALLENGE.
• The PREFACE to the ensuing ANSWER.
• AN ANSWER TO A POPISH CHALLENGE, Touching the antiquity and visibility of the true church, and other questions depending thereon.
  • PARAGRAPH. I. Concerning the name catholike.
    • CHALLENGE.
    • Answer.
  • PARAG. II. Concerning the attributes of our christian faith, true, divine and infallible.
    • Challenge.
    • Answer.
  • PAR. III. Concerning the immutability of divine faith.
    • CHALLINGE.
    • Answer.
  • PARAG. IV. Concerning the propagation of the christian faith to all ages, by pastors and teachers lawfully sent.
    • CHALLENGE.
    • Answer.
  • PARAG. V. Concerning the perpetuity of the true church, and her immunitie from all fundamentall 'errours in poynts necessarie to salvation.
    • CHALENGE.
    • Answer.
  • PAR. VI. Touching the visibility and invisibility of the church in a different notion.
    • CHALLENGE.
    • Answer.
  • PAR. VII. Concerning the visibility of the Roman church, and how the Papacie hath been opposed in former ages.
    • CHALLENGE.
    • Answer.
  • PARAG. VIII. Touching the second note, universalitie.
    • CHALLENGE.
    • Answer.
  • PAR. IX. Touching the third note, succession:
    • CHALLENGE.
    • Answer.
  • PARAGRAPH. X. Touching the 4. note of the church, viz. unity.
    • CHALLENGE.
    • Answer.
  • PAR. XI. That the notes above-named are not found in the Roman church.
    • CHALLENGE.
    • Answer.
  • PARAG. XII. Amplitude and eminent visibilitie no mark of the true Church.
    • CHALENGE.
    • Answer.
  • PAR. XIII. Where the true church was when the Roman fell.
    • CHALLENGE.
    • Answer.
  • PARAGRAPH. XIV. Of protestants in the age immediately before LUTHER.
    • CHALLENGE.
    • Answer.
  • PARAG. XV. Divine faith not to be built upon humane stories or records.
    • CHALLENGE.
    • Answer.
  • PAR. XVI. Of making open profession of faith in time of persecution.
    • CHALLENGE.
    • Answer.
  • PAR. XVII. Of the first conversion of Britains, and English to the faith.
    • CHALLENGE.
    • Answer.
  • PAR. XVIII. Of the faith of Gregory, and Austin the monk.
    • CHALLENGE.
    • Answer.
  • PARAG. XIX. Concerning the faith of Constantine.
    • CHALLENGE.
    • Answer.