TWO MAIN QUESTIONS

IN CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE

CHURCHES OF ENGLAND AND ROME,

STATED AND DISCUSSED,

WITH REFERENCE TO

DR. DOYLE'S ASSERTION

OF THE

PRACTICABILITY OF A RE-UNION;

And in reply to the most important parts of
DR. MILNER'S

"END OF RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY,"

AND

J. K. L.'s

Seventh Letter on the State of Ereland.

BY JAMES EDWARD JACKSON, M. A.
VICAR OY THE UNITED PAKISH OF ARDEE, IN THE DIOCESE OF ARMAGH,

"This little tract will give no great trouble. Instead of the particular
points in dispute between the Church of Rome and us, as Invocation of
Saints, Purgatory, &c.-it goes at once to the bottom of the cause, and
examines the ground and foundation of Faith, as taught in the Church of
Rome:....her Rule of Faith and Infallible Judge of Controversy."

Leslie's Case Stated.

DUBLIN:

RICHARD MILLIKEN, GRAFTON-STREET,!

BOOKSELLER TO THE UNIVERSITY,

AND CHARLES AND JOHN RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD,
AND WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL MALL, LONDON.

1825.

Lately Published,

REASONS for withdrawing from the HIBERNIAN BIBLE SOCIETY, founded on the Public Documents of that Institution.-By the same Author; 8vo. 3s.

A VINDICATION of the "Reasons for withdrawing from the Hibernian Bible Society," in answer to charges of misrepresentation, &c. contained in an anonymous better; with a statement of the peculiar tenets of the Evangelical Divines, drawn from their own writings.By the same Author; Svo. 4s.

CONTENTS.

Introductory Remarks on Dr. Doyle's project for

re-uniting the Churches of England and Rome.-

Main points in controversy stated; viz. 1st. the

Rule of Faith; and 2ndly, the nature and autho-

rity of the Church of Christ.

PART I.

Concerning the Rule of Faith...

On the authority of Tradition.-Definition of the

term.-Question stated,-Different kinds of Ro-

mish proof enumerated.

1. Various senses of the term, Tradition, distin-

guished,

2. Question stated.

CHAP. III.

Romish Proof, from Scripture, of the Divine Autho-

rity of Tradition.

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CHAP. IV.

1. Romish proof of the divine authority of Tradi-

tion, drawn from the mode of teaching adopted

by Jesus Christ and his Apostles. ....

2. From the partial and occasional nature of the

writings of the New Testament.

3. Analogical arguments, founded on the supposi-

tion, that the mode of teaching adopted by Jesus

Christ and his Apostles, must have been similar

to that of other Legislators, and to the practice.

of Courts of Law....

4. Romish argument in support of Tradition, as a

Rule of Faith, drawn from the alleged fact, that

the great truths of religion were securely handed

down by word of mouth, during the space of 2,400

years,...

5. Alleged universality of the Romish Traditions..

6. J. K. L.'s novel argument in support of the di-

vine authority of Tradition, founded on the alle-

gation of a secret doctrine having been delivered

by the Apostles......

CHAP. V.

Romish Proof of the Divine Authority of Tradition,

from the testimony of the Fathers.

1. Character of the Fathers, as witnesses, and the
bearing of their testimony on the authority of
the Romish considered Traditions,

...

2. Testimonies of the Fathers, examined.

3. Confessions of Romish Divines. .

4. Recapitulation.