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... human freedom ... ... 217 217-220 220 , 221 Its relation to Universality of Providence : the Stoical theodicy exemplified in Epictetus 221-223 B. - The Christian Idea . Primitive Christianity a contrast : two main conceptions . 1. Wages ...
... human freedom ... ... 217 217-220 220 , 221 Its relation to Universality of Providence : the Stoical theodicy exemplified in Epictetus 221-223 B. - The Christian Idea . Primitive Christianity a contrast : two main conceptions . 1. Wages ...
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... human life 2. Other religious associations : condition of entrance , sacri- fice and common meal Wide extent of the above B. - The Mysteries and the Church . Transition to the Christian Sacraments ; influence , general and special ... 1 ...
... human life 2. Other religious associations : condition of entrance , sacri- fice and common meal Wide extent of the above B. - The Mysteries and the Church . Transition to the Christian Sacraments ; influence , general and special ... 1 ...
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... human nature were at work . The tendency to disparage and suppress an opponent is not peculiar to the early ages of Christianity . When the associated Christian communities won at length their hard - fought battle , they burned the ...
... human nature were at work . The tendency to disparage and suppress an opponent is not peculiar to the early ages of Christianity . When the associated Christian communities won at length their hard - fought battle , they burned the ...
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... human nature were struggling with : an altogether unprecedented force against the degradation of contemporary society and contemporary religion , and in which the ethical instincts were creating the new ideal of " following God , " and ...
... human nature were struggling with : an altogether unprecedented force against the degradation of contemporary society and contemporary religion , and in which the ethical instincts were creating the new ideal of " following God , " and ...
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... human powers are limited , it is necessary in this , as in many other studies , to be content with something less than ideal completeness . It will be found sufficient in practice to deal only with the proximate causes of the phenomena ...
... human powers are limited , it is necessary in this , as in many other studies , to be content with something less than ideal completeness . It will be found sufficient in practice to deal only with the proximate causes of the phenomena ...
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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.