The Sacrifice Of Christ Scripturally And Rationally Interpreted

Author : Edward Higginson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267832002
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book The Sacrifice of Christ Scripturally and Rationally Interpreted written by Edward Higginson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Sacrifice of Christ Scripturally and Rationally Interpreted: With Remarks on the Doctrine of Atonement It is nearly fifteen years since this tract was first published. A large edition having been gradually exhausted and a second being called for, it is my agreeable duty to attend to that call; and in so doing, to revise what I had before written, in the hope of improving it and with the desire to correct anything that I may, on mature reconsidera tion, regard as erroneous. I have, I trust, improved it by careful literary revision throughout, by a better arrangement in some respects, and by giving greater ful ness to it in many parts, especially the latter. But I find nothing to recall or alter or qualify in point of Opinion or criticism. Fifteen years ago I was only a young man, but my little tract was not a hasty or careless production even then. It had gradually grown into shape through several years of reading, thinking, preaching, discussion and writing. Continued inquiry and maturer judgement have confirmed me in my view of this important and interesting part of scripture doctrine, and have made me more and more desirous of submitting to others' minds what has become so clear and satisfactory to my own. I consider the cause of practical religion to be intimately bound up with this discussion. The high Calvinistic view of the Sacrifice of Christ is confessedly immoral in its obvious tendency; and no view, however modified, which persists in regarding that sacrifice as a pro per atonement for moral guilt, can possibly have (though conjoined doctrines may) a good moral influence. Whereas, the admission of the simply ritual view of the Mosaic Sacrifices and the explanation of Christ's Sacrifice founded thereupon, makes Judaism itself a worthy step in the moral improvement of the world, and exhibits Christianity as an administration of purely virtuous influences without admixture or drawback. 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.