Word: religion
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...KING'S CHAPEL LECTURES. "Some Modern Interpretations of Christianity in the Light of the History of Religion." II. Professor E. C. Moore. King's Chapel, Boston...
...KING'S CHAPEL LECTURES. "Some Modern Interpretations of Christianity in the Light of the History of Religion." II. Professor E. C. Moore. King's Chapel, Boston...
...which he declared to possess tremendous power because of their very simplicity. In these sayings the element of love is dominant as the supreme power of all. Here also we find the qualities noticed in Schmiedel's work: the earnest attitude toward life and the belief in a personal religion. Christ believed in the marvellous growth of good from humble beginnings. Our life should be one of sacrifice. In the utterance, "For he that hath to him shall be given; and he that hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath," we at first...
...whole. We cannot wholly ignore the spirit of his life as it influenced his teaching. We may perhaps best use Luke as the summary of the whole teaching which may be summed up as "good tidings authoritatively given; born of love; bursting the bonds of much previous religion; and calling for new righteousness of universal love in its votaries...
This survey serves to bring out the large proportion of his teaching which deals with the simplest principles of ethics. These could not possibly perish because of their irresistible vitality. Even the man who can get no religion out of the teaching of Jesus can yet find a priceless treasure in his ethical teachings...