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Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin 
Translated from the Original Latin, and Collated with the Author's Last Edition in French, by John Allen. 2 volume, 1840 Edition, in English
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QUOTE: "Let them now go and clamour against us as heretics for having withdrawn from their Church, since the only cause of our estrangement is, that they cannot tolerate a pure profession of the truth. I say nothing of their having expelled us by anathemas and curses. The fact is more than sufficient to excuse us, unless they would also make schismatics of the apostles, with whom we have our common cause. Christ, I say, forewarned his apostles, 'they shall put you out of the synagogues' (John 16: 2). ... it is certain that we were cast out, and we are prepared to show that this was done for the name of Christ ... to me it is enough that we behoved to withdraw from them in order to draw near to Christ." John Calvin
Institución de la Religión Cristiana de Juan Calvino 
Edición en Español. Read John Calvin's Institutes in Spanish - available for free download online and as a paperback book for purchase.
Trial of Antichrist, otherwise the Man of Sin, for High Treason against the Son of God. Tried at the Session House of Truth, before the Right Hon. Divine Revelation, Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of Equity; the Hon. Justice Reason, of said court; and the Hon. Justice History, one of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Information, by Rev. W.L.S.G. (A Friend to St. Peter)
1830 Edition
QUOTE: "Cardinal Bellarmine, Sworn. Q. Are you the Bellarmine that wrote what is called the Fifteen Marks of the True Church, to prove the Church of Rome the only true Church, &c.? A. I am. Q. Do you know the prisoner at the bar? A. Yes, I am intimately acquainted with him. Q. Are you not a Roman Catholic by profession? A. I am. Q. Did you not write and publish several books to vindicate his authority? A. I did. Q. Did you publish in your 4th book de Pontiff, as follows: 'In good sense and judgment, Christ hath given to Peter, (and consequently to the Pope) the power of making that to be sin, which is no sin, and that which is no sin to be sin?' A. Let me see the copy. It was shewn to him. Q. Do you acknowledge it to be your own writing and publishing? A. I do acknowledge it. Q. Did you publish this book, with others, by the prisoner's authority? A. I did. I acted by his commission, and was supported by his government." W.L.S.G.
Rheims New Testament (1582, Original Jesuit Annotations)
The Rheims New Testament presented here is an 1834 reprint of the 1582 Rheims New Testament,
Annotated Edition, published by the English College at Rheims. It contains the original translation, preface, and the notes and annotation that were included in the 1582 volume. Translated by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), this volume was a tool of the Counter Reformation.Translation was provided under the direction of Gregory Martin, chief linguist at Rheims and an outspoken Catholic apologist and controversialist. Annotations in the Rheims New Testament were provided under the direction of Nicholas Saunders (Society of Jesus), a controversialist dedicated to countering the historical and scriptural proofs of the Reformation.
Confutation of the Rhemish Testament
This volume by William Fulke was originally published in 1582. Presented here is the 1834 Protestant Reprint Edition, a companion volume to the 1834 reprint of the 1582 Rheims New Testament.
QUOTE: "We do not think it impossible that Peter might be at Rome, and die there, but we say it is not like to be so, because there is no mention thereof in the Acts of the Apostles. And is he were at Rome, because the Scripture doth not make mention of it, we affirm that it is not necessary to be known that he was there. ... The Church of Rome, had been happy still if she had continued in the doctrine of Peter and Paul, wherein she was first instructed, Augustin writeth against some that feigned, that Christ did write magic books to Peter and Paul, supposing Paul to have lived with Christ. 'For that they had seen Christ painted with Peter and Paul, in divers places of Rome. Because Rome doth more notably and solemnly commend the worthiness of Peter and Paul, even because of the same day of their passion. So by all means they were worthy to be deceived, which sought Christ and his Apostles, not in their holy books, but in painted walls.'" ("Answer to End of the Acts of the Apostles," page 167)
The Vulgate & Douay Compared
1582 Rheims New Testament (Latin & English in Parallel columns).
The Vulgate New Testament is here provided in parallel format with the original Douai Rheims New Testament of Gregory Martin (1582) for purposes of comparison and learning.
EPHESIANS 2:8 (Douay): "For by grace you are saved through faith (and that not of youselves, for it is the gift of God), not of works, that no man glory."
EPHESIANS 2:8 (Vulgate): "Gratia enim estis salvati per fidem, et hoc non ex vobis: Dei non ex operibus, ut nequis glorietur."
Saul and Samuel at Endor, or The New Ways of Salvation and Service, Which Usually Tempt Men to Rome, and Detain Them There. Truly Represented, and Refuted. With A Brief Account of R.F. his Missale Vindicatum or Vindication of the Roman Mass. by Daniel Brevint (1674 Edition)
QUOTE: "It is great pity that this fancy of distributing presidencies and powers thus among Roman Saints, has no better ground then that had which Julian the Apostate alleges [Julian ap Cyrill. Alexand. l. 4. sub init.], and St. Augustin observes to have been constantly practiced among the ancient pagan gods [Augustin. de Civitate l. 6-8]. What signifies, says the holy Father elsewhere, that trifling division of offices among your gods, wherefore must they be severally prayed to, but to make it rather a play fit for a stage, than anything which may become the worth and gravity of a true God? This new comedy is still the same, only the actors wear better clothes, or rather borrow better names; and the Roman People that stand about it, adore the Virgin for Juno, and St. George instead of Mars ... First, it is a great presumption to pretend to more wisdom, in point of serving God and saving ourselves, then either God has appointed, or all the holy prophets and Apostles have known and taught: and it is most just and likely, that men should meet with strong delusions, and with the devils themselves, when they venture upon slippery, & unknown, and dark bypaths, where not one of God's saints ever dared walk."
An Answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue by William Tyndale, Protestant Reformer and Martyr (Originally published in 1531; 1850 Edition, An apology in defence of Gospel Theology against the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church by an English Reformer, Bible translator and martyr, burned at the stake in 1536)
QUOTE: "And thus are we come into this damnable ignorance and fierce wrath of God, through our own deserving; because, when the truth was told us, we had no love thereto. And to declare the full and set wrath of God upon us, our prelates whom we have exalted over us, to whom we have given almost all we had, have persuaded the worldly princes (to whom we have submitted ourselves, and given up our power) to devour up body and soul, and to keep us down in darkness, with violence of sword, and with all falsehood and guile; insomuch that, if any do but lift up his nose to smell after the truth, they swap him in the face with a fire-brand, to singe his smelling; or if he open one of his eyes once to look toward the light of God's word, they blear and daze his sight with their false juggling: so that if it were possible, though he were God's elect, he could not but be kept down, and perish for lack of knowledge of the truth."
Benefizio della Morte di Cristo di Aonio Paleario 
The Benefit of Christ's Death by Aonio Paleario (Italian Reformer and martyr) in Italian. Originalmente pubblicato 1543; 1849 Edizione in Italiano, Pisa, Italia. This book is also available in English in Hail & Fire's online library.
QUOTE: "Le' accuse contro di lui furono poi portate al l’estremo per la pubblicaziono del suo trattato sul “Benefizio della morte di Cristo” pubblicato nel 1543. L’incontro che ottenne, l'avidità ed il piacere col quale fu letto, per essere scritto in buon italiano, accrebbe l'ira e il veleno ne' suoi oppositori. Ottone Melio Colta sopra nominato fu il nemico suo più accerrimo, e con lui trecento si unirono ai danni di Paleario. Per la qual cosa a rendere più certa la sua condanna, dodici d'essi furono scelti a testimoniare contro di lui. In consegnenza di ciò egli dovette difendersi innanzi al Senato di Siena, e lo fece con sì buone ragioni da riportarne vittoria. Vi sono alcuni censori, egli dice, che sono dispiacenti, allorquando noi diamo le più alte lodi all'autore della nostra salvezza, Cristo, il re di tutte le nazioni e di tutti i popoli: perciocchè io ho scritto in lingua toscana, per dimostrare quanti gran benefizi derivano al genere umano dalla sua morte, fu fatta un accusa criminale contro di me! È egli possibile di proferire o iminaginar cosa alcuna più vergognosa?" Aonio Paleario
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Libris
Information about the Waldenses, Valdese, Vaudous, Protestants.
http://libris.kb.se/
The European Institute of Protestant Studies
The Institute's purpose is to expound the Bible, expose the Papacy, and to promote, defend and maintain Bible Protestantism in Europe and further afield. Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
http://www.ianpaisley.org/
Berean Beacon
Online Ministry by Richard Bennett, a Former Catholic Priest.
http://www.bereanbeacon.org/
What Every Catholic Should Know
On-Line Resources helping Catholics better understand the truths found in the Holy Bible
http://www.whateverycatholicshouldknow.com/
The Reformation Society of South Africa
"In the book of Judges we read about another generation which arose, which knew neither the Lord nor what He had done (Judges 2:10). Today, it appears that a generation has arisen, which like Israel under the Judges, knows little of either the Lord nor of what He did during the time of the Protestant exodus and the struggles in the wilderness, which followed in the 16th and 17th century. Sometimes this is from a cowardly dislike of controversy and confrontation. But few people seem to understand either the evils from which the Reformation delivered us or the blessings which the Reformation won for us." ... read more...
http://www.reformationsa.org/
Fundación Editorial de Literatura Reformada, Barcelona, España (Reformed)
FELiRe (Fundación Editorial de Literatura Reformada) es una organización cristiana auspiciada por diversas iglesias reformadas de los Países Bajos y particularmente por la Iglesia Reformada Neerlandesa de la ciudad de Rijswijk. En colaboración con hermanos de Barcelona (Espańa), esta organización está dedicada desde sus orígenes a la difusión de la Sagrada Escritura y a la publicación de literatura cristiana instructiva que difunde los principios doctrinales y éticos de la Palabra de Dios.
FELiRe (Publishing Foundation of Reformed Literature) is a Christian organization supported by diverse reformed churches of the Netherlands and particularly by the Reformed Church Neerlandesa of the city of Rijswijk. In collaboration with brothers of Barcelona (Spain), this organization is dedicated from her origins to the diffusion of the Sagrada Scripture and to the publication of instructive Christian Literature that spreads the doctrinales and ethical principles of the Word of God.]
La nueva edición de la Institución de la Religión Cristiana estará disponible para su descarga gratuita: "Institutión de la religión cristiana" Juan Calvino; más libros para la transferencia directa: "Respuesta al cardenal Sadoleto" de Juan Calvino, "Breve Instructión" de Juan Calvino, y libros de C. Hodge, Charles Spurgeon, y John Murry.
http://www.felire.com/
HeartCry Missionary Society
Missionary society founded by itinerate preacher Paul Washer.
http://www.hcmissions.org/
Tempo di Riforma
Dove i cattolici sono in disaccordo con un sano insegnamento biblico:
La dottrina della rivelazione. L'argomento di questa importante dottrina č come Egli rivela Sé stesso e la Sua volontŕ agli uomini. La CCR afferma che Dio ha rivelato Sé stesso attraverso la Bibbia e che essa č pienamente rivelata da Dio. In quanto tale l'affermazione č corretta, ma č proprio in quanto essa ne fa conseguire che emergono i disaccordi maggiori. I Riformatori affermarono che č possibile avere solo un'unica autoritŕ ultima, e che questa risiede dei 66 libri della Bibbia (il concetto di Sola Scriptura). La CCR aggiunge all'autoritŕ della Scrittura altri elementi:
La tradizione. La CCR classifica la tradizione della Chiesa come "Parola di Dio". Il Vaticano II afferma che la Scrittura e la tradizione "formano un sacro deposito della Parola di Dio". Quando perň si eleva la tradizione all'infallibilitŕ, sorgono diversi problemi.
Il Papa. La CCR crede nella successione apostolica, cioč il fatto che il papa erediti la stessa autoritŕ degli apostoli. Essa crede che quando il papa parla "ex cathedra" (cioč dal suo seggio di autoritŕ), egli parli senza commettere errori. Questa dottrina sull'infallibilitŕ papale sorse piuttosto recentemente nel 1870 al primo Concilio Vaticano. Secondo la Scrittura solo coloro che avevano testimoniato la risurrezione di Cristo avevano autoritŕ apostolica (vedi Atti 1:22; 1 Co. 9:1).
I vescovi, cioč la chiesa. Quando sono convocati in concilio vengono considerati infallibili interpreti della Scrittura. Qui la veritŕ potrebbe essere considerata risultato di votazioni a maggioranza. Gli editti del Concilio di Trento non erano unanimi. Possiamo davvero guardare alla storia della chiesa e concluderne che la chiesa abbia sempre infallibilmente interpretato la Scrittura?
La dottrina della redenzione. E' nostra opinione che la infrazione piů seria dell'ortodossia nella CCR sia la dottrina della redenzione. In Galati l'Apostolo sostiene che se qualcuno fa delle aggiunte all'Evangelo della sola grazia, questi debba essere condannato (Galati 1:8). Parole forti? Si. Era l'insegnamento di questa epistola che convinse Lutero a mettersi contro alla CCR. Secondo l'insegnamento della CCR la salvezza č un sistema intricato di opere che implica il sistema sacramentale. La "grazia" č considerata come una dotazione o una sostanza che puň essere guadagnata con diversi mezzi. Non si puň mai sapere quando qualcuno accumuli abbastanza grazia per adempiere di fatto alle esigenze di Dio. Un cattolico, quindi, non potrŕ mai essere pienamente certo della salvezza. Il processo di accumulazione della "grazia" continua persino nel purgatorio. Di Maria si dice che essa č "piena di grazia". I cattolici, quindi, pregano Maria per ricevere grazia da lei. La grazia non č la disposizione di un Dio santo verso i peccatori, risultato dell'opera di Cristo, ma una dotazione che puň essere dispensata o infusa nei peccatori.
http://www.riforma.net/
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