Theism, Atheism, And The Popular Theology - Sermons (1853) (Paperback)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1853 Original Publisher: J. Chapman Subjects: Theism Atheism Theology Sermons, American Unitarian churches Unitarian Universalist churches Providence and government of God Religion / Atheism Religion / Sermons / Christian Religion / Theism Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Theology Religion / Unitarian Universalism Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 51 III. OP THE POPULAR THEOLOGY OP CHRISTENDOM, REGARDED AS A THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE. TEACHING FOB DOCTRINES THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN. -- Matthew XV. 9. On the last two Sundays I spoke of Atheism. First of Atheism as Philosophy -- a theory of the universe; and next of atheism as Ethics -- a principle of practical life. To-day I ask your attention to a sermon of the Popular Theology of Christendom, regarded as Philosophy, a theory of the universe; and next Sunday I hope to speak of it as Ethics, a principle of practice. From the beginning of human history there has been a progressive development of all the higher faculties of man; of the religious faculties, which connect man with God, as well as of the other faculties, which connect man with the material universe and men with one another. There has been a progress in Piety, in Morality, and in the Theories of these two. Of course, then, there has been a progress in the visible results of this development of the religious faculties. The progress appears in the rise, decline, and disappearance of various forms of religion. Each of these has been necessary to the welfare of the human race; for at one time it represented the highest development of the persons who embraced that form of religion. Sometimes it was a s...