St. Paul at Athens: spiritual Christianity in relation to some aspects of modern thought. 9 sermons |
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Apostle Areopagus Athenian Athens Auguste Comte beauty believe brethren century Christ Christian Church Cicero conscience consciousness creed culture dead death devout discourses Divine doctrine doubt dream earnest earth Epicurean Epicurus Eternal evil fact feel glory God's gods Greek heart heaven Hebrew Hellenic Heracleitus Herbert Spencer higher highest holy human idea idolatry immortality Infinite influence inquiry intellectual Jesus JUSTIN MARTYR light living Lord Lucretius Max Müller mind modern moral mystery nature never noble ourselves outward Paganism passion past Paul preached Paul's Pheidias philo philosophy Plato pleasure principle Pyrrho reason religious righteousness ritual Roman Rome scepticism Seneca sense sermons side Socrates sorrow soul speculative spiritual faith spiritual religion Stoical Stoicism Stoics striving superstition supreme sympathy temple theology theory things thinkers thought tion touch true truth universe unto wholly words worship Ye men ἐν καὶ τὴν τὸ
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Page xvi - One adequate support For the calamities of mortal life Exists — one only; an assured belief That the procession of our fate, howe'er Sad or disturbed, is ordered by a Being Of infinite benevolence and power; Whose everlasting purposes embrace All accidents, converting them to good.
Page 143 - Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High; whom although to know be life, and joy to make mention of His Name, yet our soundest knowledge is to know that we know Him, not indeed as He is, neither can know Him; and our safest eloquence concerning Him is our silence, when we confess without confession that His 'glory is inexplicable, His greatness above our capacity and reach.
Page 54 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 19 - And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long ; There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees...
Page 79 - Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 161 - And he said unto him. If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Page 63 - Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 29 - Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
Page 141 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 21 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20. For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21. (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) 22.