Book contents
- Frontmatter
- ESSAYS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- PREFACE
- PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE TENTH EDITION
- Contents
- I FAITH
- II THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF GOD
- III THE PROBLEM OF PAIN
- IV PREPARATION IN HISTORY FOR CHRIST
- V THE INCARNATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- VI THE INCARNATION AS THE BASIS OF DOGMA
- VII THE ATONEMENT
- VIII THE HOLY SPIRIT AND INSPIRATION
- IX THE CHURCH
- X SACRAMENTS
- XI CHRISTIANITY AND POLITICS
- XII CHRISTIAN ETHICS
- APPENDIX I ON SOME ASPECTS OF CHRISTIAN DUTY
- APPENDIX II ON THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF SIN
PREFACE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- ESSAYS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- PREFACE
- PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE TENTH EDITION
- Contents
- I FAITH
- II THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF GOD
- III THE PROBLEM OF PAIN
- IV PREPARATION IN HISTORY FOR CHRIST
- V THE INCARNATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- VI THE INCARNATION AS THE BASIS OF DOGMA
- VII THE ATONEMENT
- VIII THE HOLY SPIRIT AND INSPIRATION
- IX THE CHURCH
- X SACRAMENTS
- XI CHRISTIANITY AND POLITICS
- XII CHRISTIAN ETHICS
- APPENDIX I ON SOME ASPECTS OF CHRISTIAN DUTY
- APPENDIX II ON THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF SIN
Summary
1. This volume is primarily due to a set of circumstances which exists no longer. The writers found themselves at Oxford together between the years 1875–1885, engaged in the common work of University education; and compelled for their own sake, no less than that of others, to attempt to put the Catholic faith into its right relation to modern intellectual and moral problems. Such common necessity and effort led to not infrequent meetings, in which a common body of thought and sentiment, and a common method of commending the faith to the acceptance of others, tended to form itself. We, who once enjoyed this happy companionship, are now for the most part separated. But at least some result of our temporary association remains, which it is hoped may justify and explain the present volume.
2. For this collection of essays represents an attempt on behalf of the Christian Creed in the way of explanation. We are sure that Jesus Christ is still and will continue to be the ‘Light of the world.’ We are sure that if men can rid themselves of prejudices and mistakes (for which, it must be said, the Church is often as responsible as they), and will look afresh at what the Christian faith really means, they will find that it is as adequate as ever to interpret life and knowledge in its several departments, and to impart not less intellectual than moral freedom.
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- Lux MundiA Series of Studies in the Religion of the Incarnation, pp. vii - ixPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009