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Excerpt from The Notes of the Church, as Laid Down by Cardinal Bellarmine: Examined and Confuted, in a Series of Tracts
Cardinal robert bellarmine, or Bellarmino, a Jesuit, and nephew of Pope Marcellus ii., who was born in Tuscany in 1542, and died in Rome in 1621, was one of the most learned men, and (as is admitted by the Roman-catholic party) the most powerful controversialist in defence of popery, that the Romish church ever produced. In 1598 he was made cardinal. On his nomination Clement VIII. Used these remarkable words: We choose him because the church of God does not possess his equal in learning. In 1602 he was created archbishop of Capua. Having dis charged the duties of this office for about four years, he was recalled to Rome by Paul V., who thought his great talents, learning, and zeal, could be better employed in the councils of the papacy. There he remained until his death. His works are very numerous; most of them written in Latin, in a style, though not very elegant or eloquent, yet clear and concise. His greatest work is his Disputations, or Controversies, concerning the Cardinal Points at issue between the Romish and Reformed Churches, in four vols. Folio, in Latin; of which the fourth book in the second volume comprises his famous Notes (or Signs or Proofs) of the (true) Church of which the present volume is an ample refutation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
