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" It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were... "
The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate - Page 111
1869
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Five Types of Ethical Theory, Volume 2

C. D. Broad, Charlie Dunbar Broad - Philosophy - 2000 - 318 pages
...place in the latter part of the eighteenth. Butler says in his preface to the Analogy : " It is come to be taken for granted by many persons that Christianity is not so much a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they...
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History of New England With Particular Reference to the Denomination of ...

Isaac Backus, David Weston - Religion - 2001 - 612 pages
...horrid contempt was put upon the ministry of the word.* And in England Bishop Butler said in 1736 : — It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted,...agreed point among all people of discernment, and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of...
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Essays and Reviews

Adegi Graphics LLC - 2001 - 475 pages
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The Creation of the Modern World: The Untold Story of the British Enlightenment

Roy Porter - History - 2000 - 776 pages
...wary of 'wandering reason', was echoing churchmen's fears regarding the inroads made by free-thinking. 'It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons,' agonized Joseph Butler, later bishop of Durham, 'that Christianity is ... now at length discovered...
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Holiness

J. C. Ryle - Religion - 2001 - 236 pages
...The words which Bishop Butler wrote in 1736 are curiously applicable to our own days:— "It is come to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not even a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly...
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British Philosophy: Hobbes to Hume

Frederick Copleston - Philosophy - 2003 - 452 pages
...Constitution and Course of Nature.1 In the preface or 'advertisement' to this book Butler remarks that 'it is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted...agreed point among all people of discernment, and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of...
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Christian Worship: Its Principles and Forms, 1892

James W. Richard, F. V. N. Painter - History - 2003 - 372 pages
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Science and Spirituality: The Volatile Connection

David M. Knight - Religion and science - 2004 - 248 pages
...of Scripture and church tradition, had a valuable place. His preface or 'advertisement' is famous:16 It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted,...it is now, at length, discovered to be fictitious. Where have we heard that recently? It seems there is nothing new under the sun, and predictions of...
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Atheos Or the Tragedies of Unbelief 1862

Washington Frothingham - Philosophy - 2003 - 332 pages
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A Short History of the Evangelical Movement

George Russell - Religion - 2004 - 204 pages
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