The Works of William E. Channing, D.D 3
The book The Works of William E. Channing, D.D 3 was written by author Here you can read free online of The Works of William E. Channing, D.D 3 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Works of William E. Channing, D.D 3 a good or bad book?
Where can I read The Works of William E. Channing, D.D 3 for free?
In our eReader you can find the full English version of the book. Read The Works of William E. Channing, D.D 3 Online - link to read the book on full screen. Our eReader also allows you to upload and read Pdf, Txt, ePub and fb2 books. In the Mini eReder on the page below you can quickly view all pages of the book - Read Book The Works of William E. Channing, D.D 3
In our eReader you can find the full English version of the book. Read The Works of William E. Channing, D.D 3 Online - link to read the book on full screen. Our eReader also allows you to upload and read Pdf, Txt, ePub and fb2 books. In the Mini eReder on the page below you can quickly view all pages of the book - Read Book The Works of William E. Channing, D.D 3
What reading level is The Works of William E. Channing, D.D 3 book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It seems to me no small objection to the Trinity, that it supposes God to take a body in the later and more im- proved ages of the world, when it is plain, that such a manifestation, if needed at all, was peculiarly required in the infancy of the race. The effect of such a system in debasing the idea of God, in associating with the Divinity human passions and infirmities, is too obvious 15* 174 UNITARIAN CHRISTIANITY to need much elucidation. On the supposition that the second person of the Tri...nity became incarnate, God may be said to be a material being, on the same general ground, on which this is affirmed of man ; for man is material only by the union of the mind with the body ; and the very meaning of incarnation is, that God took a body, through which he acted and spoke, as the human soul operates through its corporeal organs. Every bodily affection may thus be ascribed to God. Accordingly the Trinitarian, in his most solemn act of adoration, is heard to pray in these appalling words : " Good Lord, deliver us ; by the mystery of thy holy incarnation, by thy holy nativity and circumcision, by thy baptism, fast- ing, and temptation, by thine agony and bloody sweat, by thy cross and passion, good Lord, deliver us." Now I ask you to judge, from the principles of human nature, whether to worshippers, who adore their God for his wounds and tears, his agony, and blood, and sweat, the ideas of corporeal existence and human suffering will not predominate over the conceptions of a purely spir- itual essence ; whether the mind, in clinging to the man, will not lose the God ; whether a surer method for de- pressing and adulterating the pure thought of the Divinity could have been devised.
What to read after The Works of William E. Channing, D.D 3?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by William Ellery Channing to read onlineMoreLess
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It seems to me no small objection to the Trinity, that it supposes God to take a body in the later and more im- proved ages of the world, when it is plain, that such a manifestation, if needed at all, was peculiarly required in the infancy of the race. The effect of such a system in debasing the idea of God, in associating with the Divinity human passions and infirmities, is too obvious 15* 174 UNITARIAN CHRISTIANITY to need much elucidation. On the supposition that the second person of the Tri...nity became incarnate, God may be said to be a material being, on the same general ground, on which this is affirmed of man ; for man is material only by the union of the mind with the body ; and the very meaning of incarnation is, that God took a body, through which he acted and spoke, as the human soul operates through its corporeal organs. Every bodily affection may thus be ascribed to God. Accordingly the Trinitarian, in his most solemn act of adoration, is heard to pray in these appalling words : " Good Lord, deliver us ; by the mystery of thy holy incarnation, by thy holy nativity and circumcision, by thy baptism, fast- ing, and temptation, by thine agony and bloody sweat, by thy cross and passion, good Lord, deliver us." Now I ask you to judge, from the principles of human nature, whether to worshippers, who adore their God for his wounds and tears, his agony, and blood, and sweat, the ideas of corporeal existence and human suffering will not predominate over the conceptions of a purely spir- itual essence ; whether the mind, in clinging to the man, will not lose the God ; whether a surer method for de- pressing and adulterating the pure thought of the Divinity could have been devised.
What to read after The Works of William E. Channing, D.D 3?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by William Ellery Channing to read onlineMoreLess
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
8 / 10
User Reviews: