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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...seen this, and it is the religion of Jesus Christ, which embraces all ages, all nations, all men, and which, for this reason, has always been called Catholic or universal. The Protestant sects are not this one Catholic religion of Jesus Christ; the name itself shows it: protest'ant; consequently, theirs is not the true religion; it is an error, a protest, a corruption of Christianity. This of itself would be sufficient to condemn Protestantism. But let us examine still further. Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity, is the only Master of Christianity. No one has ever denied it. "I am the way, the truth and the life." No man has then the right of teaching or preaching this religion, if he is not charged to do so by Jesus Christ. "How shall they preach unless they be sent?" (Rom. x. 15.) Suppose I were to say to you: "My friend, you are a Christian. The Christian religion teaches you such and such doctrines, imposes upon you such and such duties! Well! I have come to reform all that. Instead of believing, as you have hitherto done, believe what I teach you; I release you from such and such of your duties which are irksome, I permit you to do what your religion forbids," etc. You would certainly reply: " But who are you, to do that? My religion has but one master, Jesus Christ. Is it he who has sent you? When, and in what manner? Prove to me your divine mission." Well, when M. Chatel, Michael Vintras, and Company, in our own times, and Luther, Calvin, Zuinglius, Henry VIII., three hundred years ago, set themselves up as Reformers of the Christian Religion, this objection, suggested by the most ordinary common sense, might have arrested them at the first step. Many persons have addressed these questions to them; they ...
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