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IV.

THE AUTHORITY OF GENERAL

COUNCILS.

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The Church historical Society.

President:-THE Rt. Reverend M. Creighton, D.D., LORD BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH.

The Authority of General
Councils (IV).

BY THE

REV. W. E. COLLINS, M.A.,

PROFESSOR OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY AT KING'S COLLEGE,

LONDON.

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V. General Councils-how regarded by the
later Fathers

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VII. The Catholic Church the final test of the

ecumenicity of Councils.

VIII. Certain untenable positions

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