The Purpose of the Papacy

by John S. Vaughan

In the hope that they may help, in some slight measure at least, to promote the sacred cause of truth, we wish them Godspeed.

† JOHN S. VAUGHAN,
Bishop of Sebastopolis.
Xaverian College,
Manchester January, 1910.

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CONTENTS.

Chap.		Page
[I.]	General Notions	3
[II.]	The Pope's Great Prerogative	18
[III.]	Watchman! What of the Night?	35
[IV.]	The Church and the Sects	53
[V.]	The Pope's Infallible Authority	69
[VI.]	The Pope's Ordinary Authority	87
[PART II.]
THE ANGLICAN THEORY OF CONTINUITY IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, or THE AUTHORITY OF THE POPE IN ENGLAND IN PRE-REFORMATION TIMES.
[I.]	The Church in England before the Reformation	107
[II.]	The Oath of Obedience	117
[III.]	The Awkward Dilemma	130
[IV.]	King Edward and the Pope	145

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THE PURPOSE OF THE PAPACY.