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Interpretation of the Scriptures (Paperback)
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Interpretation of the Scriptures (Paperback)
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"Man is notoriously a creature of extremes, and nowhere is that
fact more evident than in the attitude taken by different ones to
this subject. Whereas some have affirmed the Bible is written in
such simple language that it calls for no explaining, a far greater
number have suffered the papists to persuade them that its contents
are so far above the grasp of the natural intellect, its subjects
so profound and exalted, its language so abstruse and ambiguous
that the common man is quite incapable of understanding it by his
own efforts, and therefore that it is the part of wisdom for him to
submit his judgment to "holy mother church," who brazenly claims to
be the only Divinely authorized and qualified interpreter of God's
oracles. Thus does the Papacy withhold God's Word from the laity,
and impose her own dogmas and superstitions upon them. For the most
part the laity are quite content to have it so, for thereby they
are relieved of searching the Scriptures for themselves. Nor is it
much better with many Protestants, for in most cases they are too
indolent to study the Bible for themselves, and believe only what
they hear from the pulpits." Arthur Walkington Pink was an English
Christian evangelist and Biblical scholar known for his staunchly
Calvinist and Puritan-like teachings. Though born to Christian
parents, prior to conversion he migrated into a Theosophical
society (an occult gnostic group popular in England during that
time), and quickly rose in prominence within their ranks. His
conversion came from his father's patient admonitions from
Scripture. It was the verse, Proverbs 14:12, 'there is a way which
seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of
death, ' which particularly struck his heart and compelled him to
renounce Theosophy and follow Jesus.
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