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... means and materials of proof . They may draw away from nature , and from before the eyes of men , a veil which covers and conceals the proof ; they may be a record of facts which powerfully confirm and largely supple- ment what proof ...
... means and materials of proof . They may draw away from nature , and from before the eyes of men , a veil which covers and conceals the proof ; they may be a record of facts which powerfully confirm and largely supple- ment what proof ...
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... consonant also to the general estimate of tradition as a means of transmitting truth , entertained by the Roman Catholic Church ; but it is not consist- ent with the Protestant rejection of tradition , and it 22 Theism .
... consonant also to the general estimate of tradition as a means of transmitting truth , entertained by the Roman Catholic Church ; but it is not consist- ent with the Protestant rejection of tradition , and it 22 Theism .
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... mean to affirm that anything entitled to be called religion is ever mere knowledge or mere belief ; on the contrary , they pro- ceed on the supposition that feeling and volition will correspond to the knowledge or belief . They define ...
... mean to affirm that anything entitled to be called religion is ever mere knowledge or mere belief ; on the contrary , they pro- ceed on the supposition that feeling and volition will correspond to the knowledge or belief . They define ...
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... mean by essential and non - essential , and tell us how we are to distinguish among inseparable states those which are essential from those which are non - essential . This they never do ; this they cannot do . All facts which always go ...
... mean by essential and non - essential , and tell us how we are to distinguish among inseparable states those which are essential from those which are non - essential . This they never do ; this they cannot do . All facts which always go ...
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... mean - what the truth and the life are , what fatherhood signifies , and what is involved in coming to a Father . Christian theism alone gives us a perfect rep- resentation of God . It precedes and surpasses reason , especially in the ...
... mean - what the truth and the life are , what fatherhood signifies , and what is involved in coming to a Father . Christian theism alone gives us a perfect rep- resentation of God . It precedes and surpasses reason , especially in the ...
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