Christianity V Ecclesiasticism On The Historic Creeds And Ecclesiastics On Biblical Inspiration And Other Kindred Subjects

Author : J. H.
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230087917
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (879 download)

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Download or read book Christianity V. Ecclesiasticism; on the Historic Creeds and Ecclesiastics , on Biblical Inspiration and Other Kindred Subjects written by J. H. and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ... Newman is also practically opposed to the historian of the Acts, who declared that the people of Berea 'were more noble than those in Thessalonica, ' in that they ' searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.' It is an abject philosophy which inculcates the closing of the eyes that you may not see. And the consequences of 'inquiry, ' 'the leading into the deep, where there is no light, no peace, no hope, no beauteous heavens, no sun, moon, or stars, but chilliness, barrenness, and desolation, ' have no foundations except in the poetic and romantic mind of the writer. We know that by 'inquiry' all the material blessings of the world have been obtained, and that sun, moon, and stars were never seen in half their greatness, their grandeur, and effulgence until the telescope of 'inquiry' had been directed towards them. The writings of Isaiah and of Paul prove to us that God desireth to be honoured not with the heart only, but with the 'understanding also, ' and Hosea even declares: 'My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me' (iv. 6). This blind, uninquiring, passive piety, this piety of priests and ritualists, has been well described by a divine (who is as great a master of logic, rhetoric, and style as Newman himself, and far more profound in the domain of philosophy and science) as 'a refuge for the weakness, not an outpouring of the strength, of the soul; it takes away the incubus of darkness, without shedding the light of heaven; lifts off the nightmare horrors of earth and hell, without opening the vision of angels and of...