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The Confutatio Pontificia by Unknown
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mediator and agent between God and men, Deut. 5:31, for he
prayed for the children of Israel, Ex. 17:11; 32:11f. Thus
St. Paul prayed for those with whom he was sailing, Acts 27;
so, too, he asked that he be prayed for by the Romans, Rom.
15:30, by the Corinthians, 2 Cor. 1:11, and by the
Colossians, Col. 4:3. So while Peter was kept in prison
prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for
him, Acts 12:5. Christ, therefore, is our chief Advocate,
and indeed the greatest; but since the saints are members of
Christ, 1 Cor. 12:27 and Eph. 5:30, and conform their will to
that of Christ, and see that their Head, Christ, prays for
us, who can doubt that the saints do the very same thing
which they see Christ doing? With all these things carefully
considered, we must ask the princes and the cities adhering
to them that they reject this part of the Confession and
agree with the holy universal and orthodox Church and believe
and confess, concerning the worship and intercession of
saints, what the entire Christian world beliees and
confesses, and was observed in all the churches in the time
of Augustine. "A Christian people." he says, "celebrates the
memories of martyrs with religious observance, that it share
in their merits and be aided by their prayers."


Part II

Reply to the Second Part of the Confession.


Of Lay Communion under One Form. As in the Confessions of the
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