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The temporal mission of the Holy Ghost: or, Reason and revelation

CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. (pp. 1-34.) Object and method of the work. A Divine Teacher always present. Reason either a disciple or a critic, nationalism true and false. In the former sense it signifies the use of the reason in testing the evidence of a revelation alleged to be divine, or in perceiving the harmony of the Divine Revelation with the human reason. In the latter sense defined to be an abnormal and illegitimate use of the reason. Divided into perfect and imperfect, or fully-developed and incipient. 1. The former assumes reason to be the fountain of all knowledge relating to God and to the soul, and therefore the source, measure, and limit of what is credible in the theology of natural religion, to the exclusion of all supernatural revelation. 2. The latter assumes reason to be the supreme test or judge of the intrinsic credibility of revelation admitted in the main to be supernatural. Both kinds of Rationalism are one in principle : both lower the reason. Incipient Rationalism in the Anglican Church. The Church teaches that Faith is an infused grace which elevates and perfects the reason. Object of the present work to show : 1. That to believe in Revelation is the highest a

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