Excerpt from The Primitive Church and the See of Peter Now it is best, in this matter, to come to close quarters, and to deal with a definite member of the Church - namely, with the Head. If the Church is visible at all, it must have a visible Head, at least as visible as the body itself. It is the essential business Of the head to speak and direct. It controls the body, according to certain divine laws. It secures to the whole unity of thought and of action. Without its presence and influence the members must either fall into dissolution or destroy one another. Where, then, is the visible Head of the Catholic Church? For a thousand years the English people professed. With one accord, the Pope to be their religious Head. They acknowledged one centre of authority, the Sec of Peter; were led by one Supreme Shepherd, the successor of Peter; and they were consequently united, by the pro Mion of the same Faith and Sacraments, in one re ligion, with the whole of Christendom. 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.