The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi Volume 19 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III MISCONCEPTION OF CHRISTIANITY BY NON-BELIEVERS The meaning of the Christian doctrine, which a clear for the minority, has become unintelligible for the majority of men ? The cause of it is the false conception of Christianity and the misguided assurance of believers, is well as of unbelievers, that they apprehend it ? The apprehension of Christianity for believers is concealed by the Church ? The apprehension of Christianity? Its essence and its unlikeness to the pagan doctrines ? Misunderstood at first, it has grown clear to those who embrace it owing toils correspondence with the truth ? Contemporaneously with it arose the assertion that the true meaning of the doctrine was understood, and had been confirmed by miraculous transmission ? The Council of Disciples according to the Acts?Authoritative and miraculous assertion of the true conception of Christ's doctrine has found its logical conclusion in the acknowledgment of the Credo and the Church?The Church could not have been established by Christ ? Definition of Churches according to tli.- Catechism?There are various Churches, ever antagonistic to one another ? Where is heresy ? ? The work of Mr. Arnold concerning heresies ? Heresies are the sign of activity in the Churches ? Churches always divide mankind, and are ever inimical to Christianity ? In what the activity of the Russian Church consists?Matthew xxiv. 23 ? The Sermon on the Mount, or the Credo?The Orthodox Church conceals from the people the true meaning of Christianity ? The same is done by other Churches ? All the contemporary external conditions are such that they destroy the doctrine of the Church, and therefore Churches use all their efforts to defend it. The knowledge which I obtained after the publication of my book in regard to the views w...