Fillmore Webber. Fillmore Webber. ENGLAND VERSUS ROME A BRIEF HAND-BOOK OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CONTROVERSY For the use of Members of the English Church BY HENRY BARCLAY SWETE MA FELLOW OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE ἀπ' ἀρχῆς δὲ οὐ γέγονεν οὕτως RIVINGTONS London Oxford and Cambridge 1868 She mourns that tender hearts should bend Before a meaner shrine, And upon Saint or Angel spend NOTICE. THE following pages lay no claim to originality. Their aim is to set before the non-theological reader a succinct account, historical and doctrinal, of the points at issue between the Churches of England and Rome. The views of both Churches have been expressed in the language of their own authoritative documents. Existing practices and current opinions are cited only so far as they serve to illustrate principles, or flow directly from them. With the tenets of Protestant bodies external to the English Church this little book has no concern. It is an attempt to assert the Anglican position, and that alone. Larger works of recognised merit have been freely used, but it has not been thought neces |