Θ AN INQUIRY INTO THE CATHOLIC TRUTHS HIDDEN UNDER CERTAIN ARTICLES OF THE CREED OF THE CHURCH OF ROME. BY CHARLES SMITH, B.D., FORMERLY FELLOW and tutor of St. Peter's collEGE, CAMBRIDGE. Pt. I. LONDON: JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND. M.DCCC.XLIV. C1349.38 136 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY Bequest of Convers Francis. T.T, LONDON: C. ROWORTH AND SONS, BEI.L YARD, J PREFACE. HAVING in a former publication on National Religion been led to consider the encroachments of the Church of Rome, I ventured to suggest, that in compensation for the injuries we have received we might possibly extract some good from a patient investigation of the peculiarities of her creed. I then illustrated the mode of obtaining that good by showing that there appeared to be a truth hidden under the dogma of Supererogation. The present Work pretends to be little more than a series of the same illustrations; it will however comprise all the peculiarities of the Romish Faith as they are contained in the Twelve last Articles of Pope Pius's Creed; and as these Articles are professedly gathered from the Decrees of what is called the Council of Trent, I have made such use of the proceedings of the Council, as is necessary to explain the intent of each Article in the Creed. |