This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V. THE APOSTLES' CREED. The Doctor settled into an easy chair and looked keenly at the Rector. "You are taking a good deal of trouble to enlighten me," he said at length. "Why not? Religion is as much a matter of investigation as medicine. It stands the intellectual test." "Do most people ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V. THE APOSTLES' CREED. The Doctor settled into an easy chair and looked keenly at the Rector. "You are taking a good deal of trouble to enlighten me," he said at length. "Why not? Religion is as much a matter of investigation as medicine. It stands the intellectual test." "Do most people realize that?" asked the Doctor. "Maybe not. Many people have the religious instinct and seek the place where religion is presented. Rut I am sure that many desire to know more of the foundations upon which their religious practices rest." The Judge and the Major entered at that moment and after the usual greetings the four men gathered about the fire. "Well, Rector," began the Major, "what's thn program for tonight?" The Judge answered. "We are to be en lightened on the subject of the Apostles' Creed.""* The Rector looked at the Doctor who nodded assent. "Let's have sound doctrine," cautioned the Major smiling. The Doctor was alert in a moment. "Before you begin," he said, "I should like to say that I have always felt that the Church was too much attached to what the Major calls doctrine. The word makes me nervous. Why couldn't the Church have less doctrine and not puzzle us so much?" The Rector laughed. "What do you mean by doctrine, Doctor?" he inquired. The Doctor sat for a moment, thinking. Finally he exclaimed, "I mean abstruse theological statements set forth on authority, but to be believed by the people." The Rector threw up his hands. "No wonder you want less of it. So do I. You are not defining doctrine. Doctrine is something quite different." "What is it then?" challenged the Doctor. "In brief, doctrine is truth, clearly set forth in teachable form. In general, every proposition of geometry is doctrine." Here the Rector reached for a...
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