An Inquiry into the General Principles of Scripture Interpretation in Eight Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford, in the Year 1814: At the Lecture Founded by the Late Rev. John Bampton, Canon of SalisburyAbout the Contributor(s): William Van Mildert, DD, was Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University, Canon of Christ Church, and Bishop of Durham. |
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... Holy Writ. W'ith infidels, indeed, these postulates are not to be assumed, without proof or evidence deduced from some other principles admitted both by the unbeliever and the Christian. But among professed believers a mutual agreement ...
... Holy Writ. W'ith infidels, indeed, these postulates are not to be assumed, without proof or evidence deduced from some other principles admitted both by the unbeliever and the Christian. But among professed believers a mutual agreement ...
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... Holy Writ; yet if, upon a fair examinw tion, it be found to preserve the. essentials of the Faith entire and uncorrupted, no difference of opinion on lesser matters will warrant the violation of Christian unity. Were this duly regarded ...
... Holy Writ; yet if, upon a fair examinw tion, it be found to preserve the. essentials of the Faith entire and uncorrupted, no difference of opinion on lesser matters will warrant the violation of Christian unity. Were this duly regarded ...
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... Holy Writ. No error can be supposed to issue from Divine wisdom, or to be the object of Divine approbation. Its source must be sought elsewhere; since the very term error denotes a deviation from some line of rectitude: and what but ...
... Holy Writ. No error can be supposed to issue from Divine wisdom, or to be the object of Divine approbation. Its source must be sought elsewhere; since the very term error denotes a deviation from some line of rectitude: and what but ...
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... Holy Writ. The main source of all contentions respecting the sense of Scripture, on points of fundamental importance, may be traced to a reluctance, on one side or the other, to renounce preposSessions militating against an entire ...
... Holy Writ. The main source of all contentions respecting the sense of Scripture, on points of fundamental importance, may be traced to a reluctance, on one side or the other, to renounce preposSessions militating against an entire ...
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... Holy Writ. For, since the great foundation on which Revealed Religion is established is an absolutely DIVINE authority, every thing which tends to displace that fundamental basis will endanger the whole system : and the consequences ...
... Holy Writ. For, since the great foundation on which Revealed Religion is established is an absolutely DIVINE authority, every thing which tends to displace that fundamental basis will endanger the whole system : and the consequences ...
Contents
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If any man speah let him speak as the oracles | 81 |
If any man speak let him speak as the oracles | 101 |
SERMON V | 113 |
SERMON VI | 147 |
SERMON VIII | 215 |
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