The Gospel Day Or The Light Of Christianity Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The Saviour in the Newer Light: A Present-Day Study of Jesus Christ One cause of offence, doubtless, was the free criticism of the New Testament documents. A sentiment seemed generally to assert itself, which drew a distinction between the gospels and even the rest of the Bible, regarding them as the one ground which ought to be secured from any intrusion that might disturb the mind of the ordinary worshipper. Another matter, however, which plainly offended was the attempting, however reverently, on the part of a minister of the Church, to trace a development of human thought and human purpose in Him to whom the Church had for so many centuries ascribed the being of the Second Person in the Godhead. In vain had I, in the preface and the last chapter, claimed that the course of the study was not opposed to the essentials of the Church's doctrine, that the complete human nature of Jesus had all along been asserted by the Church, and that the conception of the Divinity of Jesus was not opposed to but seen through the humanity of Jesus. In vain also did I, when the Case commenced, seek opportunity for a direct presentation and a separate estimation of the plea on which I hoped to justify my action, namely an appeal to the disavowal by the early Church of such views as denied a complete human nature on the part of Jesus. The course of procedure which was required in the Case proved not to admit of such a free and full investigation as I had hoped for. Only at the second General Assembly was I successful in presenting what I considered to be an untrammelled defence of my position; and this late defence, allowed "ex gratia," was for technical reasons found not admissible for consideration by my judges. The book stood condemned by the General Assembly of 1896 as subversive of the doctrine of the Church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.