SECTION V. PRECAUTIONS OF FOREIGN NATIONS TO COUN-
TERACT THE USUrped SupremaCY OF THE CHURCH OF ROME,
p. 300. No distinction, anciently, between the supreme
head of the Church, and the supreme head of the State, p.
300. The joint power assumed by Constantine the Great,
p. 301 Report of the Committee.of, the House of Com-
mops in 1817, respecting the system of ecclesiastical polity
in foreign states, as to the intercourse between their Roman
Catholic subjects, and the Church and See of Rome, p.
302 FRANCE, p. 303;-the Popes patronized by the first
kinga, p. 304. Subservience of the Popes Adrian I., and
Leo III. to Charlemagne, pp. 304-306, Correspondence
between Pope. Boniface VIII. and Philip le Bel, p. 306.
Pithou's statement of the nature and foundation of the
ecclesiastical supremacy of the crown of France, p. 307,
308.
Liberties of the Gallican Church, p. 309-313.
SPAIN, p. 313; restriction of the Consecration Oath, p.
316; opposistion of the Regent Archbishop of Toledo to
the Pope's Nuncio, p. 318;-reestablishment of the Jesuits
by Ferdinand. VII. p. 320. PORTUGAL, p. 321;-jealousy
of the Portuguese government respecting the Papal claims,
pp. 321-323; remonstrance of the Prince Regent a-
gainst the reestablishment of the Jesuits, pp. 323-325.
GERMANY, p. 325;—Austria, Bohemia and Hungary, p. 325;
-restriction of the Consecration Oath, p. 326. Congress
of Embs, p. 327-330;-Baden, p. 330. Correspondence
between the Courts of Baden and of Rome, p. 331, Regu-
lations introduced by Wessenberg into the diocese of
Constance during his vicariate, pp. 332-335;-the Pope
requires his dismissal, from the Bishop of Constance, p.335;
-the Bishop vindicates him, p. 336,—the Pope rejects his
appointment to be Vicar Capitular of the diocese of Con-
stance, p. 337; the Pope opposed by the Chapter of Con-
stance, p. 338;—and by the Duke of Baden, p. 340;-Wes-
senberg goes to plead his cause at Rome, p. 341-his cor
respondence with Cardinal Gonsalvi, pp. 342-349;-
his cause warmly espoused by the several Chapters of the
diocese of Constance, pp. 349-350;-and by the Duke of
Baden his sovereign, p. 350;--Papal encroachment on the
rights of the diocese of Constance in Switzerland, p. 351;
-Spirited remonstrance of the Chapter of Constance to the
Pope, p. 351-355;-haughty and imperious Papal brief,
in answer thereto, p. 355;-complaint of His Holiness to
the Duke of Baden, p. 357;-resisted by the Duke, p. 357;
Probable effects of the bigotry and pertinacity of the pre-
sent Pontiff, in finishing the reformation of the German
Church, begun by Luther, p. 358. ITALY, p. 359;--the
Milanese and Lombardy, p. 859;-Venice, p. 360; Tus-
cany, p. 361;-Naples and the two Sicilies, p. 363;-im-
portation of Jesuits from Sicily to the British Islands, p.
363;—Sardinia, Piedmont, and Savoy, p. 363;—Switzer-
land, p. 364. RUSSIA, p. 365.-Toleration of the Jesuits
by the Empress Catharine II. in 1782, p. 366;--made a
pretext for their recent restoration by Pius VII. in his
Brief of July 30, 1804, p. 367 ;-Ukase for their expulsion
by the Emperor Alexander, Dec. 20, 1815, p. 368. PRO-
TESTANT STATES, p. 369.-Denmark, p. 369;-Sweden, p.
371;-Prussia, p. 372;-Holland and the Netherlands,
p. 374;-Hamburgh, p. 376;-Saxony, p. 377. BRITISH
COLONIES, p. 377;-Canada, p. 377,-dissolution of the
order of Jesuits there, in 1770, p. 378;-St. Domingo, p.
379;-Malta, p. 379;-East Indies, p. 380;-United
States of America, p. 381. INTERCOURSE OF THE COURT
OF ROME, AT PRESENT, WITH THE ENGLISH AND IRISH
PAPISTS, p. 381;-alarming increase of Papal intercourse
of late years, since 1782, p. 381;-letters of Monsignor
Quarantott's, in 1814; and of Cardinal Litta, in 1816,
upon the political disquisitions pending between the British
Government and the Court of Rome, p. 382;--the `reto
offered by them, nugatory and delusive, p. 387;-afford
no securities against Papal usurpations, p. 385. Corre-
spondence of His Holiness Pius VI. with the Catholic Board
of Dublin, p. 387;-Dr. Troy's refusal to communicate the
Pope's letter to them, p. 389. Servile degradation of the
Popish ecclesiastics of England and Ireland, instanced in
the recantations of Gandolphy, p. 390; and of Hayes, p.
391. Clandestine introduction of the Jesuits into the
British Isles of late, p. 394;—their removal would not be
unacceptable to the Romish prelates and secular clergy, p.
395. Discontents of the Irish clergy at the Pope's dispo-
sal of ecclesiastical dignities, p. 396. Advantages that
would result from Catholic emancipation, in the abolition
of the Pope's ecclesiastical jurisdiction, p. 396.
SECTION VI. p. 398. PURITY OF THE DOCTRINES OF THE
PRIMITIVE CHURCH OF THE BRITISH ISLES, P. 398;—The
Holy Scriptures, p. 398;—Grace, Faith, Works, Justifica-
tion and Sunctification, p. 403;-The Lord's Supper, p.
410;-the Romish doctrine of Transubstantiation revolt-
ing to common sense, and contrary to Scripture, critically
explained, and confuted by the Romish Missal itself, p.
413;-the sacrumental doctrine admirably explained by
Elfric, Archbishop of Canterbury, A.D. 979, p. 415;-
Prayers, p. 419;-Welsh paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer,
in the sixth century, p. 419;-Prayers to Christ, p. 420;
Maxims and Triads, p. 422. Instructions of Cadoc the
Wise, p. 424. Cambrian Society, for the preservation of
ancient British Literature, instituted in 1818, p. 426;—
similar institution recommended for Ireland, p. 427. In-
teresting Letters of the late Gen. Vallancey, p. 427;-and
of Dr. O'Conor, p. 429.
APPENDIX, p. 1. I. PTOLOMY'S ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY OF
IRELAND AMENDED and MODERNIZED, p. 3;-the coasts and
harbours of Ireland better known to ancient traders and
merchants, than those of Britain, p. 3;-Ireland, whence
called the Sacred Island, by the Carthaginians, p. 5;-
Ptolomy's ancient geography of the British Isles, whence
taken, p. 6;—his geographical merits and defects, p.7;
-useful Tables for correcting his geography, I. Table of
Climates, p. 9;-II. Table of Degrees of Longitude, p. 11;
-rectification of his leading mistakes in Irish geography,
p. 9;-mistakes of Mercator and Bertius in some modern
names of his ancient places, p. 13;-Ptolomy's outline of
the coasts, promontories and rivers of Ireland, p. 16;-of
its cities, p. 17;-of its inhabitants, p. 18;-of the adja-
cent isles, p. 19. Colonization of Ireland, p. 20;—Pha-
nician settlements on the southern and western coasts to be
traced in the names of places, rivers, &c. p. 21;-Iberian
or Spanish ditto, p. 28;-Scythian or Celtic, on the eastern
and northern coasts, p. 29;-arrival of the Milesians from
Spain, B.C. 1072, according to Coemhain's system of
Chronology, p. 32;-of Fenius, or the Tyrian Hercules,
their ancestor, about B.C. 1768, p. 33;-of the Firbolgi
from Gaul, B.C. 1302, p. 35;-of the Damnonians, B.C.
1222, p. 36;-introduction of idol worship, B.C. 902;
shortness of the reigns of the Irish kings of the Firbolg,
Damnonian and Milesian races, a proof of the unsettled
and turbulent state of society in these early times, p. 37.
II. ANCIENT PILLARS IN PALESTINE, AND ROUND TOWERS
IN IRELAND, p. 38;-ancient pillars and a pagan temple
near Tripoli, described by Maundrell, p. 38;-catacombs
under the pillars, designed chiefly for sepulchres of their
sacred animals, the bull and crocodile, p. 42;-by whom,
and at what time were they excavated? p. 47;-round
towers in Ireland, their use, p. 51;-not erected by the
Danes, p. 51;-numerous in Ireland, p. 52.
II. A silver medal, belonging to the Rev. T. Symonds
of Ensham, Oxfordshire, p. 115;—its inscription explained,
p. 116.
III. A brass medal, belonging to Mr. Corlet of Cork,
p. 117;-its inscription explained by the help of the
second medal, p. 119.
Varieties in the inscriptions of these medals noticed by
the German antiquaries, Wagenseil, Waserus, Leusden, Hot-
tinger, &c. p. 119;-generally supposed to be spurious
and of modern fabrication, by Wagenseil, Joubert, Pinker-
ton, &c. p. 122;-the general likeness of the profile, seems
to intimate some original and genuine prototype, p. 126;-
traditional descriptions of the visage and person of Christ,
attributed to Lentulus, &c. might, perhaps, be more justly
attributed to Pilate, p. 126.
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