Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

SCRIPTURE AND THE FATHERS. 89
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of the priesthood arises." But had the R.
ever seen the epistle, which he pretends to quote,
he would scarcely have ventured to mention it
his readers. St. Cyprian, in this very place,
teaches 9t doctrine diametrically opposite to Popish
supremacy, as may be seen from the following
extract :
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" After all these irregularities, after
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electing an heretic to be a bishop, they have
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still
the impudence to go to Rome, and carry
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letters from schismatics to the Chair of St. Pe-
" ter ; to that chief Church, which is the spring
" of sacerdotal unity. But what can be their
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design, since they are still resolved to perse-
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vere in their crimes or what benefit can they
" exp«ct by going to Rome If they repent of
" their faults, they should understand, that they
" must come back to this place to receive abso-
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lution ; since it is an established order all over
" the world, and indeed it is but reasonable,
" that every person's cause should be examined
" where the crime was committed. Every pas-
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tor has received a part of Jesus Christ's f.ock
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to govern, and shall render an account of his
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actions to God alone. On this account, it is
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not to be allowed, that persons under our
" charge should run here and there, and sow
" dissension among bishops," &c. ^
The scope of this passage is
suflicient to shew,
that Cyprian, in calling the See of Rome the
principal Church, and the spring of sacerdotal
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unity,