5th, That they are accursed who say that the clergy may marry.
6th, That there is a purgatory; that is, a place where souls which had died in repentance are purified by suffering.
7th, That the Church of Rome is the mother and mistress of all churches.
8th, That obedience is due from all Churches to the bishop of Rome.
9th, That they are accursed who deny that there are seven sacraments.
From those doctrines, contrary to Scripture and the primitive Church, have resulted these evil practices.
From the veneration of images has sprung the actual worship of them.
The invocation of the Blessed Virgin, and of other saints, has given rise to the greatest blasphemy and profaneness.
The bread in the eucharist has been worshipped as though itself were the eternal God.
From the doctrine of purgatory has sprung that of indulgences, and the practice of persons paying sums of money to the Romish bishops and clergy, to release the souls of their friends from the fabulous fire of purgatory.