An inquiry into the Merits of the Reformed Doctrine of "Imputation," as contrasted with those of "Catholic Imputation;" or, The Cardinal Point of Controversy between the Church of Rome and the Protestant High Church: Together with Miscellaneous Essays on the Catholic Faith
New York: Casserly & Sons, 1843. First Edition. 12mo, xx, 242 pages, publisher's original blind-stamped gilt-lettered and decorated black cloth covered boards. A substantial antebellum American work of Roman Catholic theology and apologetics by Vanbrugh Livingston, with an introduction by the Right Rev. John Hughes, then Bishop of New York and later the first Archbishop of New York. The volume addresses the central Protestant–Catholic controversy over justification, righteousness, grace, faith, and the doctrine of imputation, contrasting Reformed Protestant teaching with the Catholic understanding of justification and related theological principles. It also includes miscellaneous essays in defense of the Catholic faith, making the work a valuable primary source for the study of nineteenth-century American religion, Roman Catholic apologetics, Reformed theology, Protestant–Catholic controversy, ecclesiastical history, doctrinal development, and antebellum religious thought.
Provenance: With the ownership signature of “Rev. Wm. Casey” and the bookplate of St. Bernard’s Seminary Library, Rochester, New York. The former owner may be the Rev. William Casey (1820–1898), longtime Catholic priest at Palmyra, New York, and one of the senior clergies of the Diocese of Rochester; the identification, while compelling given the later St. Bernard’s Seminary provenance, has not been conclusively established. With a nineteenth-century institutional bookplate, but no other library markings noted. Slight damage to the head of the spine, with foxing and discoloration throughout, as well as some rubbing and wear to the corners and edges, else in good + condition. Item #567
Price: $200.00