Wayside Sketches in Ecclesiastical History; Nine Lectures
Wayside Sketches in Ecclesiastical History; Nine Lectures
Charles Bigg
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** What have we to do," he asks, "with genera and species ? " That is to say, with log^c and scho- lasticism. Again, **l had rather feel compunction Digiti ized by Google ISO WAYSIDE SKETCHES than know its definition. If thou knowest the whole Bible in the letter, and the sayings of all philoso- phers: what would all that profit thee without the love of God and grace?" Not that he had no theology; quite the reverse of this. He held that if a man lived the right life, and by this he meant morali...ty under instruction, not as many do morality without instruction, he would come into real com- munion with Christ, which hardly needs definition, and is indeed so wonderful and spiritual that it hardly admits of definition. This is what he means when he says, *' Happy is the man whom truth teaches by itself, not by fleeting figures and words, but as it is in itself" **The Kingdom of God," he says in another place, "is within you. . . . The Kingdom of God is peace and joy in the Holy Ghost, which is not given to the unholy.
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