word; one, by which I have ever offended, either against charity, or even against clvility.

No person admires more than I do, the golden sentence of St. Francis of Sales,that "a good christian is never outdone in good manners.

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With the greatest respect,

I have the honour to be,

Your most obedient Servant,

CHARLES BUTLER.

Lincoln's-Inn, 4 November 1824.

III.-Observations on such of the Articles in it as are

expressed in general terms

8

IV.-Application of these Observations to doctor Southey's

Charge against the Roman-catholic Church, that

her Doctrines are corrupt

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1.-History of their Conversion to Christianity

2.-Conformity of the Religion preached to the Anglo-

Saxon Missionaries, to that now taught by the

Roman-catholic Church

3.-The Doctrine taught in Monasteries-Great Mis-

representation of it by two eminent protestant

Writers

28

4.-Miracles performed by the Anglo-Saxon Mission-

aries

33.

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LETTER IV.

Causes which promoted the Success of Christianity among the

Anglo-Saxons

page 50

1. The Conduct of the Missionaries its chief

cause

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ib.

2.-Unfounded Charge brought by doctor Southey

against the Anglo-Saxon Clergy

3.--Alleged purer Faith of the Welch

LETTER V.

Religion of the Danes-Their Conversion

LETTER VI.

The Anglo-Saxon Church-Saint Dunstan

1.-Early Years of Saint Dunstan

2.-His Conduct towards King Edwin

3.-His Conduct towards King Edgar

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ib.

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60

63

4. His Regulations for the Celibacy of the Clergy €4

5. His substitution of the Benedictine Monks to the

Secular Canons

6. His Miracles

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LETTER VII.

1. Charges against the Monks of withholding Knowledge, and of

a Disposition to immoderate Severity

2.-Investitures-Saint Anselm

Immunities of the Church-Saint Thomas à Becket -

LETTER IX.

1. Cession by King John of the Sovereignty of England to Pope

LETTER X.

View of the Roman-catholic System

page 99

1.-Devotion to the Virgin Mary-the Saints-respect

to the Cross, and to the Relics of the Saints 100

2.-Purgatory, and Prayers for the Dead -

3.-Auricular Confession-Indulgences

4. Grace and Free will

5.-Transubstantiation

6.-1. The Authority of the Pope

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104

- 106

113

- 117

120

2. Universal Doctrine of the Roman-catholics

respecting the Supremacy of the Pope 122

3. Difference between Transalpine and Cisalpine

Doctrines on the temporal and spiritual Power

of the Pope

123

4. Remarks on Doctor Southey's Crimination of

the Roman-catholic Church, in consequence

of the alleged intemperate Expressions of

some of her Writers on the Pope's Autho-

rity

5. Defence by a Roman-catholic Divine of the

Roman-catholic Church, against Charges

brought against her by the present Bishop

of Winchester

127

136

143

2.-The Mendicant and other religious Orders of the

169

1.-Has England gained by the Reformation in tem-

3. Was the Reformation attended by a general Im-

provement in Morals?

b

Henry VIII.-continued.

4.-Was the Revival of Letters owing to the Reforma-

tion, or materially forwarded by it? - page 180

5.-Was the Dissolution of Monasteries justified by the

Conduct of the religious Orders?

186

6. Was the Church of Rome negligent in remedying

Ecclesiastical Abuses

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7. Is doctor Southey's Abuse of former and pre-

sent Catholic Historical Writers merited by

1.-Persecution of the Protestants in the Reign of

Queen Mary -

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ib.

2.-Archbishop Cranmer and Bishop Latimer - 218

3. Character of Queen Mary's Reign

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Queen Elizabeth

LETTER XV.

226

1.-The Establishment of the Protestant Religion in

the Reign of Queen Elizabeth-Observation

on some Statements respecting it in "The

Book of the Church"

2.-Summary of the Laws passed in the Reign of

ib.

Queen Elizabeth against Roman-catholics - 234

3.-Executions of the Roman-catholies under the

241

sanguinary Code of Queen Elizabeth

4.-Justification of the Persecutions, on the ground

of the traitorous Principles of the Foreign Semi-

narists, and the general Disloyalty of the Roman-

catholics

5.- Justification of the Persecutions, on the ground of

the persecuting Principles and Practices of their

Church
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