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Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks,
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Title: The Two Main Questions in Controversy Between the Churches
of England and Rome, Stated and Discussed With Reference to Dr.
Doyle's Assertion of the Practicability of a Re-Union Subtitle: And
in Reply to the Most Important Parts of Dr. Milner's 'end of
Religious Controversy', and J.k.l's Seventh Letter on the State of
Ireland General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication
date: 1825 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the
original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing
text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get
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more than a million books for free. Excerpt: PART I. CHAP. III.
Romish Proof from Scripture of the Divine Authority of Tradition.
The Scriptural proof of Tradition, as a Rule of Faith, is thus
ushered in by J. K. L. in his seventh Letter on the State of
Ireland: -- " For our part, we find no truth of Religion more
expressly recorded in the Scriptures themselves, more frequently
insisted on by the primitive fathers of the church, nothing more
consonant to right reason, than the existence of Tradition." pp.
184, 185. The existence of Tradition, is again and again proposed
in the same letter, as the matter which it is his object to prove.
Now, with whom does this Polemic suppose that he is contending? No
man ever denied the " existence of Tradition." It is the authority
of Romish Tradition, as a part of the Rule of Faith, which is alone
called in question. The existence of Tradition is a matter of fact,
and is neither more nor less " consonant to right reason," than the
existence of the Pope of Rome, or of J. K. L. himself, or of any
other fact whatever. So much for his enuntiation Let us now proceed
to examine his warrant for thus confidently asserting of the divine
authority of Tradition, (for this is what he means to assert, or
there is no question to be discussed), " that there is no truth of
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