Does anyone know of such a book? It would seem to be a great counter to many Romanist apologists' claims that Church Father X was a "capital 'C' Catholic."

__________________
Ben Maas. . . . .Facebook
In college, attending First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), Ada, OH, and
Belle Center Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPCNA), Belle Center, OH
When at home, attending Covenant Presbyterian Church (OPC), Mansfield, OH

“Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.”
-Jonathan Edwards-

I don't know of one right off hand but it seems like something like that would be covered in a book on Church History. I am reading Schaff's volumes on Church History right now (in Volume 1) but it seems like he would cover something like that.

__________________
John Lanier
Elder in Training
Reformed Baptist Church
Topeka, KS

This one might help somewhat:

"Papal Power" by Henry T. Hudson, available at,

Trinity Foundation: Explaining God, man, Bible, salvation, philosophy, theology.

__________________
Ronda Rush
Church of the Redeemer
Independent Reformed
California


" . . .It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.'" Matthew 4:4

I'm not sure I understand your question...but the best work I've seen that refutes the claims of the papacy from an historical perspective would be Edward Denny's Papalism. It can be downloaded here...

Internet Archive: Free Download: Papalism : a treatise on the claims of the papacy as set forth in the encyclical Satis Cognitum

Denny was a high Anglican, and this massive work is a refutation of pope Leo XIII's papal encyclical, Satis cognitum, which made the claim that the Church has always believed in the papacy, and that it always recognized the pope as the head of the church. Denny thoroughly dismantles those claims historically, and demonstrates how the patristic quotes utilized in this encyclical have been used in an ahistorical method. This book is not light reading, but does descend into the nitty-gritty historical details which Romanists, in their simplistic view of church history, choose to ignore.

DTK

__________________
Sola Scriptura est norma normans non normata
D. T. King, pastor
Christ Presbyterian Church (OPC)
Elkton, Maryland
Augustine (354-430): Therefore what He [i.e., Christ] has deigned to speak to us, we ought to believe that He meant us to understand. But if we do not understand He, being asked, gives understanding, who gave His Word unasked. NPNF1: Vol. VII, Tractates on John, Tractate XXII, §1.

Samuel Miller in his book Baptism and Christian Education talks about the Waldenses who were untouched by Rome until the time of the Reformation (when Rome tried to crush them into submission). Their doctrine was very similar to the doctrine the reformers had rediscovered.

__________________
Brian Eschen
Ruling Elder, PCA
Pleasanton, California

The History of Romanism by Dowling is quite good.
Check it out here:
The History of Romanism, by Rev. John Dowling

__________________
Jim
An Elder, Harvest Reformed Church (RCUS),Minot, ND
http://www.harvestreformedchurch.org/
http://tbftgoggi.wordpress.com/

Upon a life I did not live; upon a death I did not die, Another's death, Another's life, I'd rest my soul eternally
Omnia dicta fortiora,si dicta Latina
Si vis pacem, para bellum