The Principles of Protestantism

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Excerpt from The Principles of Protestantism: An Examination of the Doctrinal Differences Between the Protestant Churches and the Church of RomeThis handbook has been prepared as a companion to Dr. T. M. Lindsay's on The Reformation. The aim of that volume was to set forth the historic origin of Protestantism in Europe : the present is designed to exhibit its leading doctrines as they took shape in the Reformed Churches in opposition to those of the Church of Rome.Strictly speaking. Protestantism has but one great principle, namely, the right of direct access to God through Christ His Son. This is its ultimate idea. Hut when it came into conflict with the views of the Roman theologians, like all fundamental ideas, it threw out branches in various directions, so that, as I have tried to show in the Introduction, it may now be said with truth that Protestantism has three master principles, leading to differences from the Church of Rome on the whole evangelic method of salvation, the word of God and the fellowship of believers.In endeavouring to expound and illustrate these contrasts, I have, of course, used the authoritative sources of information on both sides.The Decrees and Canons of the Council of Trent, its Catechism and the Creed of Pope Pius iv. are still acknowledged by the Church of Rome as her leading statements of doctrine. Constant reference has been made to these authorities. But it has also been found necessary for a complete view of her teaching to show how these are reflected in the expositions of eminent divines, like Bellarmin, Mohler, Perrone, and Newman.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.