Institutes Of The Christian Religion Book 4

BOOK FOURTHOf The Holy Catholic ChurchCHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 Comparison Between The False Church And The True. CHAPTER 3 Of the teachers and ministers of the church. Their election and office. CHAPTER 4 Of The State Of The Primitive Church, And The Mode Of Government In Use Before The Papacy. CHAPTER 5 The Ancient Form Of Government Utterly Corrupted By The Tyranny Of The Papacy. CHAPTER 6 Of The Primacy Of The Romish See. CHAPTER 7 Of The Beginning And Rise Of The Romish Papacy, Till It Attained A Height By Which The Liberty Of The Church Was Destroyed, And All True Rule Overthrown. CHAPTER 8 Of The Power Of The Church In Articles Of Faith. The Unbridled Licence Of The Papal Church In Destroying Purity Of Doctrine. CHAPTER 9 Of Councils And Their Authority. CHAPTER 10 Of The Power Of Making Laws. The Cruelty Of The Pope And His Adherents, In This Respect, In Tyrannically Oppressing And Destroying SoulsCHAPTER 11Of The Jurisdiction Of The Church, And The Abuses Of It, As Exemplified In The Papacy. CHAPTER 12 Of The Discipline Of The Church, And Its Principal Use In Censures And Excommunication. CHAPTER 13 Of Vows. The Miserable Entanglements Caused By Vowing Rashly