HON. & REV. A. P. PERCEVAL, B.C.L.

Quid faciet Christianus Catholicus, si novella aliqua contagio non jam portiunculam
tantum sed totam pariter Ecclesiam commaculare conetur? Tunc iterum providebit, ut
antiquitati inhæreat, quæ prorsus jam non potest ab ulla novitatis fraude seduci.

VINCENT. LIRIN. Paris. 1569. p. 3.

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TO THE

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,

CONTENDING FOR THE CATHOLIC FAITH,

THIS ATTEMPT,

TO AID THE SAME HOLY CAUSE,

IS GRATEFULLY, AND RESPECTFULLY,

DEDICATED BY

ONE OF HER SONS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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ix

INTRODUCTION

xi

To which are appended :

Bull in Cæna Domini

xxxvii

Oath of a Roman Bishop at Consecration

xxxviii

Interrogatories of a Roman Bishop at Consecration ... xliii

Form of reconciling a Convert to the Church of Rome, xliv

which contains

The Creed of Pope Pius IV.

xlvi

PART THE FIRST.

Testimonies of English Authorities to the General Councils

of the First Seven Centuries

3, 4

Table of General Councils in the First Seven Centuries :-

I. NICE

7

Sardica...

9

Arimini...

10

II. CONSTANTINOPLE I..

ibid.

III. EPHESUS

11

Ephesus

12

IV. CHALCEDON

13

V. ConstanTINOPLE II.

14

VI. CONSTANTINOPLE III.

16

Constantinople..

ibid.

Notes to the Table of Councils

18