Pulpit Pew And Platform Classic Reprint

Author : P. A. Halpin
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ISBN 13 : 9781331803454
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Apologetica written by P. A. Halpin and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Apologetica: Elemetary Apologetics for Pulpit and Pew The chapters contained in these pages are an attempt to suggest a method of presenting the basic facts of Christianity in the light of reason alone. As much as possible the arguments advanced make no appeal to divine revelation. They contain proofs drawn from natural sources only. They are an essay in the direction of sustaining that the teachings of religion are eminently reasonable. They are an endeavor to show that man, led solely by his reason, is compelled to admit that, of all the views entertained by mankind relatively to the origin and destiny of the race, that view alone is to be accepted which is upheld by Christianity, and especially by the Catholic Church. Infidelity has had the ear of humanity since the beginning. The reason therefor is discoverable in this, that it has pandered to the common desire to remove all the restrictions with which religion, divinely inspired, has sought to impose limits on physical freedom, has sought to inculcate the saving idea that there is a law decreed in heaven which coerces, with moral pressure, the lower inclinations of human nature. The plan is a very simple one. It discusses all the watchwords of incredulity which have had such destructive sway. It aims at demonstrating, by reason only, that these rallying cries are only lures to individual debasement and ultimate loss. It has touched upon the limitations of reason. It has offered to point out the proper function of intelligence and to assign to it its proper place and most becoming attitude. These preliminary notions established, the plan proceeds to take up the insensate clamor that there is no religion, no God, no hereafter, no hell, no eternity, and of course does not omit that pivotal dogma that Christ is neither a myth nor a man only, but God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God. That the work has been imperfectly done is transparent. These chapters are skeletons, in the literal sense of the word. 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.