Hist Of All Christian Sects

Author : John Evans
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333959975
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (599 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book History of All Christian Sects and Denominations written by John Evans and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of All Christian Sects and Denominations: Their Origin, Peculiar Tenets, and Present Condition With an Introductory Account of Atheists, Deists, Jews, Mahometans, Pagans, &C It is more and more understood, says a celebrated divine 0! Our own day, that religious truth is every man's property and right, that it is committed to no order or individual, to no priest, minister, student, or sage, to be given, or kept back at will; but that every man may, and should seek it for himself; that every man is to see with his own mind as well'as with his own eyes; and that God's illuminating spirit is alike promised to every honest and humble seeker after truth. This recognition of every man's right of judgment, appears in the teachings of all denominations of Christians. In all the tone of authority is giving place to that of reason and persuasion. Men of all ranks are more and more addressed, as those who must weigh and settle for themselves the grandest truths of religion. The same tendency to universality, is seen in the generous toleration which marks our times, in comparison with the past. Men, in general, cannot now endure to think that their own narrow church holds all the goodness on the earth. Religion is less and less regarded as a name, a form, a creed, a church, and more and more as the Spirit of Christ which works under all forms and sects. True, much intolerance remains; its separa ting walls are not fallen; but with few exceptions, they no longer reach to the clouds. Many of them have crumbled away, till the men whom they sever can shake hands, and exchange words of fellowship, and recognize in one another's faces the features of brethren. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.