Meditations on the Essence of Christianity, and on the Religious Questions of the Day

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Guizot François. Meditations on the Essence of Christianity, and on the Religious Questions of the Day

Meditations on the Essence of Christianity, and on the Religious Questions of the Day

Table of Contents

Preface

Meditations. On The Essence Of. The Christian Religion

First Meditation. Natural Problems

Second Meditation. Christian Dogmas

I. Creation

II. Providence

III. Original Sin

IV. The Incarnation

V. The Redemption

Third Meditation. The Supernatural

Fourth Meditation. The Limits Of Science

Fifth Meditation. Revelation

Sixth Meditation. The Inspiration Of The Scriptures

Seventh Meditation. God According To The Bible

I. God And Abraham

II. God And Moses

III. God And The Kings

IV. God And The Prophets

V. Expectation Of The Messiah

Eighth Meditation. Jesus Christ According To The Gospel

I. Jesus Christ And His Apostles

II. Jesus Christ And His Precepts

III. Jesus And His Miracles

IV. Jesus, The Jews, And The Gentiles

V. Jesus And Women

VI. Jesus Christ And Children

VII. Jesus Christ Himself

Footnote

Examples of Incorrect Expressions in Ezekiel

Examples of Incorrect Expressions in Jeremiah

THE END. Bradpury And Evans, Printers, Whitefriars. Albemarle Street, July, 1864

Mr. Murray's. List Of New Works

John Murray, Albemarle Street

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François Guizot

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One leading and common characteristic in these dogmas strikes me at the outset: they deal frankly with the religious problems natural to and inherent in man, and offer at once the solution. The dogma of Creation attests the existence of God, as Creator and Legislator, and it attests also the link which unites man with God. The dogma of Providence explains and justifies prayer, that instinctive recourse of man to the living God, to that supreme Power which is ever present with him in life, and which influences his destiny. The dogma of Original Sin accounts for the presence of evil and disorder in mankind and in the world. The dogmas of the Incarnation and of Redemption, rescue man from the consequences of evil, and open to him a prospect in another life of the re-establishment of order. Unquestionably, the system is grand, complete, well connected, and forcible: it answers to the requirements of the human soul, removes the burden which oppresses it, imparts the strength which it needs, and the satisfaction to which it aspires. Has it a rightful claim to all this power? Is its influence legitimate, as well as efficacious?

In my own mind I have borne the burthen of the objections to the Christian system, and to each of its essential dogmas; I have experienced the anxieties of doubt: I shall state how I have escaped from doubt, and the ground upon which my convictions have been founded.

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