Excerpt from Institutes of the Christian Religion, Vol. 3 of 3: Translated From the Original Latin, and Collated With the Author's Last Edition in French On the external Means or Aids by which God calls us into Communion with Christ, and retains us in it. Argument. Three parts of the Apostles Creed, respecting God the Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier, have been explained in the former books. This last book is an exposition of what remains, relating to the Holy Catholic Church, and the Communion of Saints. The chapters contained in it may be conveniently arranged in three grand divisions: I. The Church. II. The Sacraments. III. Civil Government. The First Division, extending to the end of the thirteenth chapter, contains many particulars, which, however, may all be referred to four principal heads. I. The marks of the Church, or the criteria by which it may be distinguished, in order to our cultivation of union with it - Chap. 1. II. II. The government of the church - Chap. III. VII. 1. The order of government in the church - Chap. III. 2. The form practised by the ancient Christians - Chap. IV. 3. The nature of the present ecclesiastical government under the Papacy - Chap. V. The primacy of the Pope - Chap. VI. And the degrees of his advancement to this tyrannical power - Chap. VII. III. The power of the church - Chap. VIII. - XI. 1. Relating to articles of faith, which resides either in the respective bishops - Chap. VIII. - or in the church atlarge, represented in councils - Chap. IX. 2. In making laws - Chap. X. 3. In ecclesiastical jurisdiction - Chap. XI. 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.