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Leo Graf Tolstoy. "The Kingdom of God Is Within You"
"The Kingdom of God Is Within You"
Table of Contents
PREFACE
I. THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE HAS BEEN PROFESSED BY A MINORITY OF MEN FROM THE VERY FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIANITY. II. CRITICISMS OF THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE ON THE PART OF BELIEVERS AND OF UNBELIEVERS. III. CHRISTIANITY MISUNDERSTOOD BY BELIEVERS. IV. CHRISTIANITY MISUNDERSTOOD BY MEN OF SCIENCE. V. CONTRADICTION BETWEEN OUR LIFE AND OUR CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE. VI. ATTITUDE OF MEN OF THE PRESENT DAY TO WAR. VII. SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPULSORY SERVICE. VIII. DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE MUST INEVITABLY BE ACCEPTED BY MEN OF THE PRESENT DAY. IX. THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OF LIFE WILL EMANCIPATE MEN FROM THE MISERIES OF OUR PAGAN LIFE. X. EVIL CANNOT BE SUPRESSED BY THE PHYSICAL FORCE OF THE GOVERNMENT—THE MORAL PROGRESS OF HUMANITY IS BROUGHT ABOUT NOT ONLY BY INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION OF THE TRUTH BUT ALSO THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC OPINION. XI. THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OF LIFE HAS ALREADY ARISEN IN OUR SOCIETY, AND WILL INFALLIBLY PUT AN END TO THE PRESENT ORGANIZATION OF OUR LIFE BASED ON FORCE—WHEN THAT WILL BE. XII. CONCLUSION—REPENT YE, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND
"THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU."
CHAPTER I
THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE HAS BEEN PROFESSED BY A MINORITY OF MEN FROM THE VERY FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIANITY
CATECHISM OF NON-RESISTANCE
ADIN BALLOU
CHAPTER II
CRITICISMS OF THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE ON THE PART OF BELIEVERS AND OF UNBELIEVERS
CHAPTER III
CHRISTIANITY MISUNDERSTOOD BY BELIEVERS
CHAPTER IV
CHRISTIANITY MISUNDERSTOOD BY MEN OF SCIENCE
CHAPTER V
CONTRADICTION BETWEEN OUR LIFE AND OUR CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE
CHAPTER VI
ATTITUDE OF MEN OF THE PRESENT DAY TO WAR
"AND WHAT IS MOST BEWILDERING IS THAT THE PEOPLE DO NOT RISE AGAINST THEIR GOVERNMENTS. FOR WHAT DIFFERENCE IS THERE BETWEEN MONARCHIES AND REPUBLICS? THE MOST BEWILDERING THING IS THAT THE WHOLE OF SOCIETY IS NOT IN REVOLT AT THE WORD WAR."
CHAPTER VII
SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPULSORY SERVICE
CHAPTER VIII
DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE MUST INEVITABLY BE ACCEPTED BY MEN OF THE PRESENT DAY
CHAPTER IX
THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OF LIFE WILL EMANCIPATE MEN FROM THE MISERIES OF OUR PAGAN LIFE
CHAPTER X
EVIL CANNOT BE SUPPRESSED BY THE PHYSICAL FORCE OF THE GOVERNMENT—THE MORAL PROGRESS OF HUMANITY IS BROUGHT ABOUT NOT ONLY BY INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION OF TRUTH, BUT ALSO THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC OPINION
CHAPTER XI
THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OF LIFE HAS ALREADY ARISEN IN OUR SOCIETY, AND WILL INFALLIBLY PUT AN END TO THE PRESENT ORGANIZATION OF OUR LIFE BASED ON FORCE—WHEN THAT WILL BE
CHAPTER XII
CONCLUSION—REPENT YE, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND
THE END
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Leo graf Tolstoy
Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion but as a New Theory of Life
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A. "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed."—GEN. ix. 6.
"He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death… And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe." —Ex. xxi. 12 and 23-25.
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