Life of William Capers, D. D., One of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...warranted. It was a palpably unfair attempt to convict the Bishop of heresy--of holding a system of doctrine "dangerously and ruinously false " The gist of this false teaching was the proposition maintained by Bishop Soule, that man, being redeemed by the death of Christ, is not held obliged to the performance of the Adamic law, as a condition of life; but that his relations to God are so far affected by the covenant of grace as that, instead of being under the original law, "Do this and live," the conditions are now, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." This sound aild clearly denned principle, underlying the whole scheme of redemption by the sacrifice of Christ, was thought by the writer in the Observer to be equivalent to the proposition that "the gospel has released man from all obligation to speak right, to think right, or to feel right." And this was charged on the venerable Bishop. Mr. Capers and Mr. Andrew, under their proper names, solicited, as an act of justice, the privilege of being heard in vindication of the Bishop's sermon, in the paper which had assailed it; but being refused, they published a pamphlet containing six letters to the editor of the Observer. These were written by Mr. Capers. They were sufficiently caustic. He was not given to dandling on the knees of loving professions, opponents whom the defence of his own Church called him to withstand, point to point, and opinion against opinion. In this case, the absurdities of the reviewer might safely have been left to find their way into a speedy oblivion. It may be remarked, however, that Mr. Capers, though quick to resent what he conceived to be an unjustifiable attack on the principles of revealed truth, was yet far remo...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...warranted. It was a palpably unfair attempt to convict the Bishop of heresy--of holding a system of doctrine "dangerously and ruinously false " The gist of this false teaching was the proposition maintained by Bishop Soule, that man, being redeemed by the death of Christ, is not held obliged to the performance of the Adamic law, as a condition of life; but that his relations to God are so far affected by the covenant of grace as that, instead of being under the original law, "Do this and live," the conditions are now, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." This sound aild clearly denned principle, underlying the whole scheme of redemption by the sacrifice of Christ, was thought by the writer in the Observer to be equivalent to the proposition that "the gospel has released man from all obligation to speak right, to think right, or to feel right." And this was charged on the venerable Bishop. Mr. Capers and Mr. Andrew, under their proper names, solicited, as an act of justice, the privilege of being heard in vindication of the Bishop's sermon, in the paper which had assailed it; but being refused, they published a pamphlet containing six letters to the editor of the Observer. These were written by Mr. Capers. They were sufficiently caustic. He was not given to dandling on the knees of loving professions, opponents whom the defence of his own Church called him to withstand, point to point, and opinion against opinion. In this case, the absurdities of the reviewer might safely have been left to find their way into a speedy oblivion. It may be remarked, however, that Mr. Capers, though quick to resent what he conceived to be an unjustifiable attack on the principles of revealed truth, was yet far remo...

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United States

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May 2012

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March 2010

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246 x 189 x 6mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

120

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978-1-154-76946-3

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9781154769463

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1-154-76946-1



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