XIII. Works before Justification XVII. Predestination and Election XVIII. Obtaining Salvation by Christ XX. The Authority of the Church THE CHURCHES OF ROME AND ENGLAND CONTRASTED. The Church of Rome. THE sacred oecumenical and general Synod of Trent, lawfully assembled in the Holy Ghost, and presided over by the same three Legates of the Apostolic See, having it constantly in view, that, by the removal of errors, the Gospel, which, promised aforetime in the Holy Scriptures by the Prophets, Christ himself first published with his own mouth, and then commanded his Apostles to preach to every creature, as the source of all saving truth and instruction of manners, should be preserved pure in the Church; and clearly perceiving that this truth and this instruction are contained in written books, and unwritten traditions, which traditions have been received by the Apostles from the mouth of Christ himself, or dictated by the Holy Spirit, and by the Apostles handed down even to us, receives and reverences conformably to the ex The Church of England. HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation; so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man that it should be be lieved as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation. In the name of the Holy Scripture, we do understand those Canonical Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose authority was never any doubt in the Church. Of the names and number of the Canonical Books. Genesis. The 1st Book of Samuel. The Church of Rome. ample of the orthodox Fathers, with the same pious regard and veneration, all the Books as well of the Old, as of the New Testament, (both having God for their Author,) and the Traditions relating both to faith and practice, inasmuch as these Traditions were either delivered by word of mouth from Christ, or dictated by the Holy Ghost, and preserved by uninterrupted succession in the Catholic Church. The Books received by this Council are: of the Old Testament, the five Books of Moses, viz. Genesis, &c. Joshua, Judges, Ruth, four of Kings, two of Chronicles, first of Esdras, second of Esdras, called Nehemias, Tobias, Judith, Esther, Job, Psalms of David, consisting of 150, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Cantica, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Isaiah, Jeremiah, with Baruch, Ezekiel, Daniel, Twelve minor Prophets, viz. Hosea, &c., the first and second of Maccabees, Of the New Testament, the four Gospels, &c. &c. Whosoever shall not receive these Books, entire with all their parts, as they are used to be read in the Catholic Church, and are contained in the ancient vulgate Latin edition, for sacred and canonical, and shall knowingly and wilfully contemn the aforesaid Traditions, let him be accursed. The Church of England. The 2nd Book of Samuel. The 1st Book of Kings. The 2nd Book of Kings. The 1st Book of Chronicles. The 2nd Book of Chronicles. The 1st Book of Esdras. The 2nd Book of Esdras. The Book of Esther. The Book of Job. The Psalms. The Proverbs. Ecclesiastes, or Preacher. Cantica, or Songs of Solo mon. Four Prophets, the greater. And the other Books (as Hierome saith) the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners, but yet doth it not apply them to establish any doctrine; such are these following: The 3rd Book of Esdras. The rest of the Book of Es ther. The Book of Wisdom. The Song of the three Children. The Story of Susanna. The Church of Rome. Moreover, in order to repress the arrogant and self-sufficient, the Council decrees, that no one relying on his own wisdom, shall presume to pervert and interpret Holy Scripture to his own sense, in matters of faith and manners pertaining to the edification of Christian doctrine, contrary to the sense which hath been and is maintained by the Holy Mother Church, to whom it belongs to judge of the true meaning and interpretation of the Holy Scriptures; or contrary to the unanimous consent of the Fathers: even if such interpretations should never be made public. Whosoever shall say, that the Sacraments of the New Law were not all instituted by Jesus Christ our Lord, or that they are more or less in number than Seven; that is to say, Baptism, Confirmation, the Lord's Supper, Penance, Extreme Unction, Orders, and Matrimony, or that any one of those Seven is not truly and properly a Sacrament, let him be accursed. Whosoever shall say, that by the Sacraments of the New Law, The Church of England. All the Books of the New Testament, as they are commonly received, we do receive and account them canonical.Article VI. There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. Those five commonly called Sacraments, that is to say, Confirmation, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and Extreme Unction, are not to be counted for Sacraments of the Gospel, being such as have grown partly of the corrupt following of the Apostles, partly are states of life allowed in the Scriptures; but yet have not like nature of Sacraments with Baptism and the Lord's Supper, for that they have not any visible sign or ceremony ordained of God.-Art. XXV. The Sacraments were not ordained of Christ to be gazed |