THE SPIRIT OF RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY CLA

Excerpt from The Spirit of Religious Controversy There is, I allow it, a form of controversy, which, since the aera of the reformation, has al ways laboured to keep open the unhappy breach, which the immoderation of the first reformers had already rendered too wide. There is a form of controversy which is harsh, petulant, and mischievous; the nurse of prejudice, and the parent of animosity. That the moderation of the Catholic, or the liberality of the Protest ant, should reprobate this kind of controversy, I do not wonder. I abhor it equally with them. 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.