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Page xi
... kind was based upon the philosophical and religious sys- tem known as Positivism . The title of this volume im- plies as much . It is far from my purpose to attempt any general exposition of the system . I shall merely seek to form an ...
... kind was based upon the philosophical and religious sys- tem known as Positivism . The title of this volume im- plies as much . It is far from my purpose to attempt any general exposition of the system . I shall merely seek to form an ...
Page xiv
... kind , may fairly be grouped under some of the religious or philo- sophical groups already mentioned . It will be found that a thorough examination of these four classes of ob- jections and the counter statement of the Positive view on ...
... kind , may fairly be grouped under some of the religious or philo- sophical groups already mentioned . It will be found that a thorough examination of these four classes of ob- jections and the counter statement of the Positive view on ...
Page xvi
... kind of Salvation Army . All that is mere ribaldry . The external acts of wor- ship are to the rational Positivist secondary and variable convictions , and no scheme of heavenly and personal Salvation can have any analogy at all with a ...
... kind of Salvation Army . All that is mere ribaldry . The external acts of wor- ship are to the rational Positivist secondary and variable convictions , and no scheme of heavenly and personal Salvation can have any analogy at all with a ...
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... kind and should be consecrated by spiritual ac- ceptance . Lastly , both insist that the Soul of man ( in the sense of the inmost hopes , beliefs , and yearnings of the heart ) must be stimulated by constant appeals and by every ...
... kind and should be consecrated by spiritual ac- ceptance . Lastly , both insist that the Soul of man ( in the sense of the inmost hopes , beliefs , and yearnings of the heart ) must be stimulated by constant appeals and by every ...
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... kind . The Unknowable , the Infinite Dif- ferentiations , the God - in - all - things , the Know - nothings , the Eternal - not - ourselves - that - makes - for - righteousness -all of these utterly reject both spiritual authority and ...
... kind . The Unknowable , the Infinite Dif- ferentiations , the God - in - all - things , the Know - nothings , the Eternal - not - ourselves - that - makes - for - righteousness -all of these utterly reject both spiritual authority and ...
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Page 181 - ... the Dissidence of Dissent and the Protestantism of the Protestant religion. I do not say that other and more intelligent forces than this were not opposed to the Oxford movement : but this was the force which really beat it ; this was the force which Dr. Newman...