Excerpt from Christian Faith, Comprehensive, Not Partial, Definite, Not Uncertain: Eight Sermons, Preached Before the University of Oxford, in the Year 1857, at the Lecture Founded by the Late Rev. John Bampton, M.A., Canon of Salisbury
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Misuse of Christianity by men. Divisions arising from love of system. Unity not merely conventional. Faith comprehensive, not partial; definite, not uncertain. Two, humanly speaking, contradictory statements may be true together. Explanation and limitation of this principle. Dangers arising from the contrary theories: arguments in favour of them considered. The faith of. Our Church com prehensive and definite. Results Of holding these principles.
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