Now then we are to hold the Church of Rome as a stepmother, nay, as a professed harlot. She is no mother of ours. For the Lord says, “Come out of her my people” (Rev. 18). Let us therefore come to the true answer. The catholic church our mother is to be sought for and to be found in the true visible churches, the certain marks whereof are three. The preaching of the word of God out of the writings of the prophets and apostles with obedience (John 10:27; Eph. 2:20). True invocation of God the Father