On the mysticism attributed to the early fathers of the Church [by J. Keble]. |
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... speaking , is mere religious dreaming , indistinct fanciful theory ; and he rejects it accordingly , and is saved all trouble of research . Here , again , is no small temptation , in the eyes of a world full of hurry and business , to ...
... speaking , is mere religious dreaming , indistinct fanciful theory ; and he rejects it accordingly , and is saved all trouble of research . Here , again , is no small temptation , in the eyes of a world full of hurry and business , to ...
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... speaking of pretensions unexamined , and therefore , as yet , more or less doubtful : but the Fathers had , or accounted themselves to have , good grounds for believing that the mysteries and miracles which they held up to scorn were ...
... speaking of pretensions unexamined , and therefore , as yet , more or less doubtful : but the Fathers had , or accounted themselves to have , good grounds for believing that the mysteries and miracles which they held up to scorn were ...
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... speak most modestly of themselves , and most respectfully of antiquity , do not however hesitate to make use of the old simile , of a dwarf seeing further than a giant when raised on a giant's shoulders ; imagining it to be as ...
... speak most modestly of themselves , and most respectfully of antiquity , do not however hesitate to make use of the old simile , of a dwarf seeing further than a giant when raised on a giant's shoulders ; imagining it to be as ...
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... speak of the Fathers collectively , we must be careful to select those points , in which they exhibit a tolerably general agreement . This limitation disposes at once of many of the most plausible objections to the views of Antiquity ...
... speak of the Fathers collectively , we must be careful to select those points , in which they exhibit a tolerably general agreement . This limitation disposes at once of many of the most plausible objections to the views of Antiquity ...
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... speak of agreement among them , we must mean agreement in principle not in detail , and on Christian not on secular subjects : so a little ecclesiastical knowledge will suggest to us another consideration , very needful to be borne in ...
... speak of agreement among them , we must mean agreement in principle not in detail , and on Christian not on secular subjects : so a little ecclesiastical knowledge will suggest to us another consideration , very needful to be borne in ...
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