A Declaration on Biblical Criticism, by 1725 Clergy of the Angelican Communion: Together with (1) the Letter of Invitation to Sign, and a List of the 101 Inviting Clergy; (2) a Public Explanatory Letter from the Dean of Winchester; (3) an Introduction on Some Results of the Declaration, by the Editor; (4) the Names and Addresses of the Signatories; (5) Some Anonymous Extracts from a Large Mass of Private Correspondence Concerning the Declaration, Chosen by Two Members of the Committee; (6) the Allies American Declaration; Edited by Hubert Handley ... Honorary Secretary of the Committee

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A. and C. Black, 1906 - Bible - 149 pages
 

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Page 147 - authoritative encouragement to face the critical problems of the New Testament with entire candor, reverence for God and his truth, and loyalty to the Church of Christ.
Page 13 - Our confidence that the Faith of the Church in the years to come, whatever historical revisions may await us, will stand, without risk and without discontinuity, upon the spiritual foundations to which Christian experience and the Creed of the Church alike bear testimony.
Page 147 - Our fear lest the door of ordination should be closed to men who patiently and reverently apply historical methods to the gospel records, and so an increasing number of men both spiritually and intellectually qualified should be lost to the high office of the ministry: 4.
Page 12 - authoritative encouragement to face the critical problems of the New Testament with entire candor, reverence for God and His truth, and loyalty to the church of Christ.
Page 30 - ... were immediately spread abroad through the whole Roman empire. (74) It is therefore scarcely credible, unless nearly everybody, consented thereto, which we cannot suppose, that successive generations have handed down the broad outline of the Gospel narrative otherwise than as they received it. (74) Whatsoever, therefore, is spurious or faulty can only have reference to details...
Page 20 - ... healthier, and a more strenuous life into the millions of India, which brought out all the latent good that for centuries had lain dormant in them, and gave them such an impulse and initial guidance as had started them fairly along the path which leads to the highest pinnacles of human glory and attainment. We sought them merely for trade. We found them immersed in strife. If ever we leave them, may it be in that attitude most natural to them, with their arms stretched out to the Divine.
Page 28 - Anglican clergy ... it is impossible not to think and hope that Providence may have destined the Church of England to bridge over the hitherto impassable gulf that sunders Protestant from Catholic Christianity.
Page 9 - Warden of Queen's College, Birmingham ; Professor of History in the University of Birmingham.
Page 93 - Vicar of Holy Trinity, Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW, 97 St. George's Square, SW MILLER, HG, MA, formerly Principal of Huron Theological College, Deepdene, Cavendish Avenue, Cambridge.
Page 39 - Incumbent of St. John's Wood Chapel, NW, St. John's Parsonage, St. John's Wood Road, NW BECKER, JRH, MA, Vicar of St.

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