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Page vii
... body of the Lectures most scrupulous care has been taken to preserve the author's ipsissima verba , and , wherever possible , the structure and form of his sen- tences . But from the very necessities of the case , the hand had now and ...
... body of the Lectures most scrupulous care has been taken to preserve the author's ipsissima verba , and , wherever possible , the structure and form of his sen- tences . But from the very necessities of the case , the hand had now and ...
Page xxi
... BODY OF DOCTRINE . PAGE " Faith " in Old Testament = trust - trust in a person . In Greek philosophy = intellectual conviction In Philo , these blend into trust in God - in His vera- city , i.e. in the Holy Writings ... ... Contemporary ...
... BODY OF DOCTRINE . PAGE " Faith " in Old Testament = trust - trust in a person . In Greek philosophy = intellectual conviction In Philo , these blend into trust in God - in His vera- city , i.e. in the Holy Writings ... ... Contemporary ...
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... body of doctrine of which certain writers were the recognized exponents ; and that outside this body of doctrine there was only the play of more or less insignificant opinions , like a fitful guerilla warfare on the flanks of a great ...
... body of doctrine of which certain writers were the recognized exponents ; and that outside this body of doctrine there was only the play of more or less insignificant opinions , like a fitful guerilla warfare on the flanks of a great ...
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... it can no more be traced from year to year than the growth of the body can be traced from day to day . We shall begin , therefore , by looking at the several groups of facts of the age in which Christianity grew 12 I. INTRODUCTORY .
... it can no more be traced from year to year than the growth of the body can be traced from day to day . We shall begin , therefore , by looking at the several groups of facts of the age in which Christianity grew 12 I. INTRODUCTORY .
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... body and soul , matter and spirit . The relation in our minds of the idea of matter to the idea of spirit is such , that though we readily con- ceive matter to act upon matter , and spirit upon spirit , we find it difficult or ...
... body and soul , matter and spirit . The relation in our minds of the idea of matter to the idea of spirit is such , that though we readily con- ceive matter to act upon matter , and spirit upon spirit , we find it difficult or ...
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Page 170 - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page xxiv - The Sermon on the Mount is the promulgation of a new law of conduct; it assumes beliefs rather than formulates them ; the theological conceptions which underlie it belong to the ethical rather than the speculative side of theology; metaphysics are wholly absent. The Nicene Creed is a statement partly of historical facts and partly of dogmatic inferences ; the metaphysical terms which it contains would probably have been unintelligible to the first disciples ; ethics have no place in it. The one belongs...
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Page 253 - We thank thee, holy Father, for thy holy name, which thou hast caused to dwell in our hearts, and for the knowledge and faith and immortality which thou hast made known to us through Jesus thy servant ; to thee be the glory forever.
Page 302 - We thank thee, our Father, for the holy vine of David thy servant, which thou hast made known to us through Jesus thy servant ; to thee be the glory forever.