The Rationale of Religious Enquiry: Or, The Question Stated of Reason, the Bible, and the Church; in Six Lectures |
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... examine and estimate ; so that the course collectively may be regarded as designed to determine the best method of solving the problem , What is Christianity ? Having settled the plan of proceeding , perhaps the actual solution may be ...
... examine and estimate ; so that the course collectively may be regarded as designed to determine the best method of solving the problem , What is Christianity ? Having settled the plan of proceeding , perhaps the actual solution may be ...
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... examine ; but decisions , before whose authority we are to bow . It assumes the perfect inspiration of the Apostles , and takes it for granted , that to reach their ideas is to attain unquestionable truth . Even this fundamental ...
... examine ; but decisions , before whose authority we are to bow . It assumes the perfect inspiration of the Apostles , and takes it for granted , that to reach their ideas is to attain unquestionable truth . Even this fundamental ...
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... examine their fundamental prin- ciples ; trace them so long as they agree , and point out pre- cisely where they diverge , especially seeking to discover the supposed seat of certainty in each . All men , except the atheist , will agree ...
... examine their fundamental prin- ciples ; trace them so long as they agree , and point out pre- cisely where they diverge , especially seeking to discover the supposed seat of certainty in each . All men , except the atheist , will agree ...
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... examine what it most befitted him to learn , and to reason on that of which it was needful that he should be convinced ; aiding him to solve the mighty problems of life , and unfold the ideas of duty , and pierce the penetralia of his ...
... examine what it most befitted him to learn , and to reason on that of which it was needful that he should be convinced ; aiding him to solve the mighty problems of life , and unfold the ideas of duty , and pierce the penetralia of his ...
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... examine the reasons for confiding in the authenticity of the work . A moment's reflection will show that this is no easy task . That the words of the document were written , and the ideas which they express conceived , by some human ...
... examine the reasons for confiding in the authenticity of the work . A moment's reflection will show that this is no easy task . That the words of the document were written , and the ideas which they express conceived , by some human ...
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RATIONALE OF RELIGIOUS ENQUIRY James 1805-1900 Martineau,Joseph Blanco 1775-1841 White No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 124 - I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Page 128 - And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them...
Page 31 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts : knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Page 152 - He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or Church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.
Page 160 - This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called Lord God...
Page 28 - Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, but my Father, which is in heaven...