Speculum ecclesiasticum, or, An ecclesiastical prospective-glass. . Wherein may be clearly seen the doctrine of the primitive church for the first 500 years after our Saviour; especially as to the chiefest points in debate between Protestants and Roman Catholicks, viz. The visible and continued succession of the church: that the pope or bishop of Rome is the true successor of St. Peter, and supream head of the universal church: the churches infallibility: and its unity: and also the real presence of the body and blood of Christ in the blessed sacrament: auricular confession and and absolution: invocation and prayer to saints: purgatory and prayer for the dead. And lastly, that apostolical tradition is the true rule of faith. All which is plainly prov'd, both by Holy Scripture, and the undenyable testimony of primitve fathers, in the first 500 years. During which time, the church is by the consent of the chiefest leading Protestants acknowledg'd to be in its purity, ... cities.
Thomas Ward (1652 - 1708)
Category
Books
Date
1687
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3058968
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 sheets (versos blank) . 1o. Imperfect: two sheets only: (1) with main title [bound second], (2) with heading for first column: 'The real presence of Christ's body and blood ... prov'd by scripture and the H. Fathers'. Folded and bound with 8 other controversial pamphlets; MS contents list on volume flyleaf. Provenance: Bookplates: John Brownlowe, viscount Tyrconnel (armorial); Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmark on volume pastedown: 41. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf, double blind fillet borders and off-centre vertical rule; blind-tooled decorations. Spine gilt; spine-label: 'Contro: Tracts Vol. 22'.
Makers and roles
Thomas Ward (1652 - 1708)