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Four Minute Essays and Why I am a Christian.
YOU will find between these covers all the ecclesiastical writings
of early Christian authorities that are known to exist, and yet
were omitted from the authorized New Testament. They are published
here as a matter of record. Whether they are canonical or not, at
least these writings are of very great antiquity. Origins are noted
in paragraphs at the front of each book. This will enable the
reader to form his own conclusions as to the genuineness of the
writings. These writings are a vivid picture of the minds of men in
the post-Apostolic period of the Church. Discount the statements
from the historical viewpoint as you will-there remains in these
gospels and epistles an earnestness of purpose, and zeal to express
a message, similar to that of our authorized Bible. An interesting
question naturally arises as to why these writings were cast out in
the selection of the material that has come down to us in the
authorized version. The compilation of the Bible was not an act of
any definite occurrence. It was a matter complicated and abstruse.
It was an evolution at the hands of Churchmen of various beliefs
and purposes. In the formulation of early church doctrines there
was dissension, personal jealousy, intolerance, persecution,
bigotry. That out of this welter should have arisen the Bible, with
its fine inspiration, would seem to present a plausible basis for
belief in its Divine origin. But who can deny that under such
vicious and human circumstances much writing of as pure purpose and
as profound sincerity as other that is included in the authorized
Bible, must have been omitted? The story of the first council of
Nice, when Arius was commanded by the Bishop of Alexandria to quit
his beliefs or be declared a heretic, and his writings were ordered
destroyed, is eloquent of many things that happened. Good men were
engaged on both sides of the ecclesiastical controversies.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
1929. Crane writes: To me religion is life. It is the essence of my
valuation of life and my relation to the great forces of life.
Hence it is a matter to be studied, a matter to grow with my
growth. It is not like a chunk of granite; it is like a vigorous
tree which constantly puts forth new buds and branches and beareth
his fruit in his season. It is for this reason that I should like
this book to be taken as being not controversial, but simply a
humble effort to state the case as it seems to me. See other titles
by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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