It  consists  of  an  introduction  and  four  chapters.  It  is  stated,
in  the  introduction,  that  as  the  gates  of  hell  rise  up  refractorily,
with  daily-increasing  hatred,  against  the  foundations  of  the
Church  erected  by  God,  it  has  become  necessary  to  prescribe,
according  to  the  ancient  and  established  faith  of  the  Universal
Church,  the  doctrine  of  the  investiture,  perpetual  duration,  and
inner  nature  of  the  Holy  Apostolic  Primate,  upon  which  rests  the
whole  Church's  strength  and  solidity,  and  contending  against  the
same,  to  judge  and  condemn  errors  so  pernicious  to  the  Lord's  flock.
The  first  chapter  treats  of  the  investiture  of  the  Apostolic
Primate  in  the  person  of  the  Holy  Peter,  and  concludes  with
the  following  sentence :  "Thus  everyone  who  shall  not  affirm

Prussian  Army  in  Berlin) ;  Bishop  Hefele,  of  Eottenburg ;  and  Bishop
Bourget,  of  Montreal.
776  msTOET  OP  the  Jesuits.
