VIII CONTENTS. FAGS SECOND PAPAL SUPPOSITION, That St Peter's primacywas not personal, but derivable to his successors.. St Peter's privileges merely personal; incommunicableThe apostles, as such, had no successors All bishops successors of the apostlesDead silence ofantiquitf on St Peter's primacy, . . 99 THIRD PAPAL SUPPOSITION, That St Peter was bishop ofRome. The apostolats not a particular charge Whether St Peter was ever at Rome He must have been very seldom thereHe could not be bishop of Rome St Peter is said to have been bishopof Antioch Translations were helduncanonical Two apostles couldnot be bishops in one city, . 100 FOURTH PAPAL SUPPOSITION, That St Peter continued bishop of Rome after his translation, andwas so at his decease. St Peter could not be bishop with another Historical difficulties Proposed solu- tionThe apostles not bishops, but founders of churches Apostolic churches, why so calledApostles might reside where they pleasedCase of St James, bishop of Jerusalem, . . . . . . . . 114 FIFTH PAPAL SUPPOSITION, That the bishops ofRome, according toGod's institution, shouldhave universal supremacyover the Christian Church. UNIVERSAL SUPREMACY REFUTED. Apostolic power devolved on the churchSenti- ments of the fathers Preferableclaims of Antioch Claimsof other apostles Right of election in the church Scandalous election of Roman bishops No certain rule for electing popesPapal succession indefensible There is now no true pope, . . . . 122 No SCRIPTURAL WARRANT FOR PAPAL SUCCESSION, 136 No EARLY ANTIQUITY FORPAPAL SuccEssION.Silence of the fathersSilence of pagan writersand emperorsThe pope declared inferior to kingsKings now declared inferior to thepope Silence of the ApostolicalCanons Silence of Igna- tius, and ofpopes Silence ofClement, and ofSt Cyprian Silence ofpopes them- selvesSilence of St Basil No recourse to the popes in those days StBasil taxes thebishop of Rome StChrysostom addresses him as a " brother "No ap- peal to the popes in disputes or controversiesFacts irreconcilable with papal supremacy, . . . . 139 PAPALPRETENSIONS CONTRARY TOSCRIPTURE. Sacrilegiousarrogance of the pope " Universal Bishop" anantichristian title Christalone thehead ofthe church The Papacy aworldly dominion Scriptural equality of bishops, 157 THE INSTITUTION OF PATRIARCHS AND PRIMATES. The charge of the whole church impracticableHard work for one decrepit old manHow little "the gentle- man in Italy" can doHow often will the pope be imposed uponThe sense of the fathers in this case, . . . . . 169 THE INEVITABLE TYRANNY OF THE POPEDOM.Popery a system of priestcraft Popery an incorrigible systemPopery the source of general corruption Popery the enemy of civil societyPapal aggressionPapal authority needless anduseless, . . . . . . 176 INDEPENDENCEof BISHOPS.Equalityof bishops in theprimitive church Bishops have claimed independence of the pope Bishops addressed the pope as their equalThe style used by primitive bishops, . . 192 Ant
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