Orthodoxy Its Truths And Errors

Author : James Clarke
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ISBN 13 : 9781548235260
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Orthodoxy written by James Clarke and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "His 'Orthodoxy' has led more souls out of the tyranny of the letter into the freedom of the spirit, away from the standard of dogma into the leadership of principle than any other book we can now think of, published in America." -Unity "Dr. Clarke himself was a firm believer in most of the miracles of Jesus, discarding only those which seemed to belong to that nimbus of false miracles which grows up around true miracles....His own view in regard to miracles are clearly and fully stated in 'Orthodoxy: Its Truths and Errors." -New Outlook "Admirable in intention, kind in temper, candid in spirit, earnest in purpose, this volume occupies a place in theological literature which ought to have been filled before, but which until now has remained empty. What is more remarkable than the character of the book, is the fact that it is written in the interest of a body of Christian believers as the tender of an olive-branch to the other sects. The government of the American Unitarian Association, by the hand of Dr. Clarke, makes an honest attempt to find and to state the truth contained in the doctrines of their opponents. Such an endeavor merits praise, as indicating an attitude worthy to be called Christian, if peace and conciliation are Christian....The association could not have selected for this good work a more suitable man than Mr. Clarke - a man fitted for its performance both by gifts and requirements. He has the requisite erudition and the necessary familiarity with all the lines of thought. His mind is comprehensive, systematic, and exact; his judgment is just. He is singularly free from personal and from theological prejudice, not because he is indifferent to modes of belief, but because he is strong in fundamental convictions. He is catholic from the depth of his spiritual fervor, not from the shallowness of his skeptical understanding: and he seems to be able to appreciate what is true in systems and good in men, however divergent the forms of truth and goodness may be. In addition too all these qualifications, he possesses a rare power of terse and vigorous statement, almost dangerous from its neatness, but balanced in his case by an intellectual fidelity which is on its guard against deception by verbal ingenuities. The volume before us, in copiousness of material, punctiliousness of arrangement, formality of definition, resembles a German treatise on systematic theology, but the freshness of its thought marks it truly American....No more satisfactory book of like tendency may be looked for....Dr. Clarke takes ground frankly with the transcendentalists; but transcendentalism and orthodoxy are utter foes; and when either undertakes to find the substantial truth that is common to both, it is as if one should try to discover the common base of two mutually destructive salts....The special results of Dr. Clarke's analysis are such as might be expected from his philosophical principle. The discussions are minute and elaborate....The purpose of the book is so good and its ability so conspicuous." -The Nation