Story of Jesus Christ

Stuart Phelps Elizabeth

Description

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. This book is not theology or criticism, nor is it biography. It is neither history, controversy, nor a sermon. It makes none of the claims, it assumes none of the pretensions, of any one of these. It is not a study of Jewish life or Oriental customs. It is not a handbook of Palestinian travel, nor a map of Galilean and Judean geography. It is not a creed; it speaks for no sect, it pleads for no doc trine.

Sujets

• Fantasy (canción de Mariah Carey)
• Fantasy

Informations

• Publié par: Forgotten Books
• Date de parution: 27 novembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780243673339
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 13 Mo

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T b ook i s n ot theo l ogy or critic i os n r i s i t b iography It i s n either histo r y controv e or arsy n sermon It make s non e of the claim s it as sumes n on e of the preten si on s of any o ne of the s e It i s n ot a study of Jewish life o r O customs Itri ental i s n ot a han db ook of Palestin i an trav e l n or a map of Galilean and Judean geography It i s n ot a creed speaks for n o sect it plead s for n o doc tri ne It i s a narrative and will be received as such by those who understand the laws of n arrative expre s s io Beau iful romance s have een w r itten upon the subj ect whi ch these p age s venture to approach b ut thi s is n otfiThe great cti on factshi storical that r evealed the F oun de r of C hr ist i to u an ity s have been ca r efu ly con i mp ortant sidered No de parture fro the outline s of hi s only authorized b iography has beguiled the p en which has here s ought to portray the Great S withto ry l ovin g docil ity The few un familiar strokes by which these outlines have b een sometimesfilled have b een reverently and stud iously adj usted to the compo sitiou of the picture i s hoped without t o probabiliti es It i s beli eve d that th e p robas e are so reasonable that they m ay se r ve to

v O T i i e pen not to i ss i a e re s pe fo r s h now l e ge a s we po ss e ss ing the l ife o f e suson rn C hri s t A s f th i stu en t o s coubj ect m es to i t from o t s dogi e m a i prepos s e ss i on s i s m zed on e al m o s t s y s cond itionll d at the s of thought thro gh hi h he m s roach it t app The C h ri s tie l ite rat e i s one v a s rt controve s y C sritic contend it i i and th olo ian ith theologian Bio co m ith an inten sityentators i fe r whi h though i t s artle s s pleasantly not alway ai s trib te to the po e rful i ntere st of the top i and a sti m ulu s tto i s s tudy The m e m ospe s was ritten o ial of the G by plain m en kne lit le of lite ature othing of science but mu h of the centr l F r t ii ure of thei m es As a frag m nentary biographical record of ancient origi thi s m e m ect to m ecessarily subj s n orial i sore or le s p rson l int rpretation A m we may callong what i t s s features there e ondary n the treatare i m hi hent of s cholars are agreed The writer of this narrati v ee i s n ot unaware of th di erence s a m Te stao g m whe n sheent critics choo s e s m any aspe ts of eventsthem such bet een o r c onditions as seem to he r be st for the purpose s of thi s book The life of C hri s l ived to in spire not tot was con f se Little th ings are re s greattless the pose S cholar s tail for they holdtenacious of de the v lue s pingr kee n thei of accuracy i C hris tian s holars are generous feeling for they hold the treasure s of thei r faith trust They co u

O T E ten d about the un important O n the essential they will agree What does it s i gnify whethe r Beththe star of l hem a meteor o r a miracle What d oes it atter whether Jesus b orn i n one year or th e n ext i n this month or that It is of n o whethe r he aptized in Jordan R i ver or J ordan re g aterial whether thes quite i m i on It i mi sfortun es of Mary Magdalen e were mental or moral or i ndeed which of the Marys she Th e prec is e chron ol ogy of the unknown feast i s a little q uestion Whether Jesus revi sited Nazareth once or twice is a p oint n ot worth pa g es of contro

The i mportant things all that any of need th t m ost of us care for are few clear and unquesti on able Jesus C ived and died hri st an d lived agai n after d eath He l ived a l ife expli cabl e upon n o other view of i t than hi s He founded a faith compreh ensible upon n o othe r oi nterpretatio f i t than his own He h imself i s C hri stianity H e i s the greatest force i n civilizati on the hi g hest motive power i n philosophy i n art in p oetry in science i n faith He i s the creator of human b rotherhood To apprehend him i s to open the only that has yet b een found out of trap of human m i sery H is p ersonality i s the b e st nati on yet g iven the mystery of human life I t o fers the only assu r anc e hav e of a l ife to com The b utterfl i e s of immo r ta l hop e are del icate organi sms eas i ly i atumpaled by skeptical n r ali sts an d eagerly catalo g swith othe r lost ideal ue d