The True History of Joshua Davidson, Christian and CommunistChatto and Windus, 1874 - 279 pages |
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Page vii
... doctrine ? As I have said before , it is unreasonable to accept the words and deeds of Christ as of so arbitrary and final a character that they will not bear transla- tion or analogy . What He was in the days of Herod He would be ...
... doctrine ? As I have said before , it is unreasonable to accept the words and deeds of Christ as of so arbitrary and final a character that they will not bear transla- tion or analogy . What He was in the days of Herod He would be ...
Page xii
... individualism in favour of general laws ; and all sectarians hold correct theo- logical doctrine as more important than faithful imitative action . In the midst of these stand a few , earnest for absolute sincerity and xii PREFACE .
... individualism in favour of general laws ; and all sectarians hold correct theo- logical doctrine as more important than faithful imitative action . In the midst of these stand a few , earnest for absolute sincerity and xii PREFACE .
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... too , as He had been , and held the doctrine of freedom in Christ throughout . They believed implicitly every word of the Gospels , which they stood by as fuller of the Divine Life than the Epistles ; and 18 THE TRUE HISTORY OF.
... too , as He had been , and held the doctrine of freedom in Christ throughout . They believed implicitly every word of the Gospels , which they stood by as fuller of the Divine Life than the Epistles ; and 18 THE TRUE HISTORY OF.
Page 57
... doctrine by another name than mine , so be it . The world wants the thing , not the label ; and Christ - likeness , not Ecclesias- tical Christianity , is the best Saviour of men . " As he said this the whole vision seemed to fade away ...
... doctrine by another name than mine , so be it . The world wants the thing , not the label ; and Christ - likeness , not Ecclesias- tical Christianity , is the best Saviour of men . " As he said this the whole vision seemed to fade away ...
Page 79
... sole meaning of Christ : it is Humanity . I relinquish the miracles , the doctrine of the Atonement , the doc- trine of the Divinity of Jesus , and the 2 unelastic finality of His knowledge . He was the product JOSHUA DAVIDSON . 79.
... sole meaning of Christ : it is Humanity . I relinquish the miracles , the doctrine of the Atonement , the doc- trine of the Divinity of Jesus , and the 2 unelastic finality of His knowledge . He was the product JOSHUA DAVIDSON . 79.
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