A Synopsis of the Moral Theology of Peter Dens As Prepared for the Use of Romi
A Synopsis of the Moral Theology of Peter Dens As Prepared for the Use of Romi
Pierre Dens
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From their own principles, therefore, we prove the system of Popery to be nothing more nor less than a politico-religious power, which must aim at supremacy, because it claims it as its due ! But to return to the consideration of the Pope's claim tc universal supremacy. Let us hear the story of his succes- sion as Romish authors relate it. Platina, the Secretary of Pope Sixtus IV. , who wrote the lives of the Popes, tells us that Peter, some time before his death, consecrated Clement, and comme...nded him to the chair of the Church of God, in these very, words : " The same power of binding and loosing I deliver to thee, which Christ left me : do thou, contemning and despising all outward things, promote by prayer and preaching the salvation of men, as becomes a good pastor. " Certam it is, that the successors of Peter have, in late ages, grievously neglected and forgotten the latter part of this charge. But how is it, after this formal story, related no doubt with the utmost gravity, that the same author mentions one Linus as Peter's immediate successor, and tells us that he occupied the chair eleven years, three months, and twelve days exactly J and after him a certain Cletus was Pope for just twelve years, one month, and eleven days ; and then, after this lapse of nearly twenty-four years, honest Father Clement begins to occupy the seat of Peter, and holds it nine years, two months, and ten days.
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