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Summary: A letter from Prince George to James II renouncing support for the King on religious grounds.

Summary: An announcement by James II on the topic of freedom of religion in England.

Summary: A justification for reading James II's declaration of indulgence in spite of the Archbishop of Canterbury's objections.

Summary: An appeal by Protestants to William III and Mary II to recognize the grievances of Protestants against Catholicism.

Summary: An itemized response to a set of tenets set forth by Protestants.

Summary: A sermon preached for the Feast of St. Augustine.

Summary: A burlesque of Dryden's poem, by Matthew Prior and Charles Montague afterwards earl of Halifax.

Summary: An appeal to religious leaders to take interest in the effort to repeal the Test Acts, a set of penal laws blocking non-Anglicans from taking public office.

Summary: A sermon preached in honor of the announcement of the queen's pregnancy.

Summary: A sermon preached in honor of the king's succession and reign.

Summary: An account of the Rye House Plot, a conspiracy against the British monarchy.

Summary: A sermon preached in honor of Charles II, King of England, following his death.

Summary: A sermon preached in honor of the king's victory over rebel forces.

Summary: A treatise on monarchies as a form of government.

Summary: An address to the Archbishop of Canterbury by James II.

Summary: A printed catalog of the Hofbibliothek in Vienna, Austria.

Summary: Second printing of a an anti-Protestant tract by Kilian Leib, prior of the Augustinian monastery at Rebdorf. Leib was a Catholic theologian in the humanist tradition who was a firm opponent of Martin Luther's reforms. In 1530 he had participated in drafting the Catholic response to the Augsburg Confession. In this work, Leib outlines 7 causes for the Lutheran heresy, which include among others an unfavorable constellation of the stars, ordained by God to punish humanity.

Summary: Philipp Melanchthon's biography of Martin Luther was first printed in 1548 and reissued numerous times. Included are Melanchthon's obituary of Martin Luther as well as his funeral sermon. The work was edited by Johannes Pollicarius who added some Latin and Greek poetry on Luther's "Here I stand" statement.

Summary: Defense of the Catholic doctrine of good works against the Protestant teaching of salvation by faith alone, written by the Dominican Johann Mensing.

Summary: Polemic ballad with a total of 142 rhymed lines, relating the story of a drunk Carmelite monk who attends a sermon preached outside the city by a righteous (Lutheran) pastor and who interrupts the preacher, accusing him of lying and misrepresenting Scripture. The people in response rise up and begin to beat him, almost killing him, but the monk is taken away and brought before the city council and the mayor who calls for calm and instructs that the monk should be locked up to await the executioner and thus be placed under God's justice rather than the mob's anger.

Summary: Catholic publication of the colloquy of Ratisbon (Regensburg), a meeting in 1541 between Catholic and Lutheran theologians.