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Cheering Views of Man and Providence (Paperback)
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text.
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(without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not
illustrated.1832 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XX. THE FORMS OF CHRISTIANITY
VARYING ACCORDING TO HUMAN NEED. Hope and fear and imagination
continue to be the instruments of our religion, and I believe the
chosen servants of God. As the delusive expectation that the end of
the world was at hand gave impulse and stability to early
Christianity, so also delusion, or what is called the corruptions
of our religion, have been in a measure the perfections of it, when
viewed with reference to the purpose which it was intended to
subserve. Let us follow its progress and we shall find that it has
assumed that form in the imaginations of men which was best
calculated for their good. Its degeneracy from the primitive,
spiritual character of its worship into pompous forms and minute
ceremonials, was an adaptation to human need. It was the means of
extending the religion of Christ more widely among the civilized at
the period of this degeneracy. It was rendered attractive to the
refined Italians, admirers of external grandeur and beauty, and
patrons of the costly arts. The severe simplicity of the apostolic
modes might have smitten the sterner few, but it would not have
captivated the earthly minded and luxurious many. This addition of
externals to the simple truth was absolutely necessary to the
Northern invaders of the Roman empire, who, while they erased
civilization in a measure, engrafted Christianity on their rough
natures. If the early Hebrews needed a ritual, and received one by
miracle, so did these rude tribes need one likewise, and through
Providence received it. The ceremonial church prevailed for ages,
and constituted as the nature of mind and the state of the world
were, it could not have been otherwise without miracle. And this
being human condition, the church could not have been otherwise
th...
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Imprint: |
General Books LLC
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2012 |
First published: |
February 2012 |
Authors: |
Warren Burton
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Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 3mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
104 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-217-56319-2 |
Barcode: |
9780217563192 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-217-56319-8 |
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