He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or Church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all. The Nineteenth Century - Side 2831886Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1914 - 530 sider
...instance of the truth of Coleridge's aphorism that ' he who begins by ' loving Christianity better than Truth, will proceed by loving ' his own sect or Church better than Christianity.' Toleration was ideal ; but what if it brought evil as well as good, if it destroyed the unity of the... | |
| 1826 - 576 sider
...my own conviction the following:— APHORISM XXV. He who begins by loving Christianity better than truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or church...Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all." We are quite of opinion that these last aphorisms, the former by Archbishop Leighton, the latter by... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1839 - 346 sider
...from my own conviction the following: APHORISM XXV. He, who begins by loving Christianity, better than truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or church...Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all. APHORISM XXVI. THE ABSENCE OF DISPUTES, AND A GENERAL AVERSION TO RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSIES, NO PROOF... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1839 - 404 sider
...my own conviction the following : APHORISM XXV. He, who begins by loving Christianity, better than truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or church...Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all. THE ABSENCE OF BISPUTES, AND A GENERAL AVERSION TO RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSIES, NO PROOF OF TRUE UNANIMITY.... | |
| 1841 - 586 sider
...to selfishness; for as Coleridge has said, " He who begins by loving even Christianity better than Truth, will proceed by loving his own Sect or Church...Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all."* I do not think, then, that those who fill the so-called Liberal Professions realize their position,... | |
| 1842 - 508 sider
...are too obtuse to be moved by the high and spiritual arguments of a transcendentalizing theology. " He who begins by loving Christianity better than the...Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all." Not such has been the faith of the real martyrs to principle, in church and state. They who have faced... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1842 - 518 sider
...are too obtuse to be moved by the high and spiritual arguments of a transcendentalizing theology. " He who begins by loving Christianity better than the...Christianity, and end in loving' himself better than all." Not such has been the faith of the real martyrs to principle, in church and state. They who have faced... | |
| 1842 - 1046 sider
...are too obtuse to be moved by the high and spiritual arguments of a transcendentalizing theology. " He who begins by loving Christianity better than the...Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all." Not such has been the faith of the real martyrs to principle, in church and state. They who have faced... | |
| James Martineau - 1845 - 214 sider
...steps indicated in the Aphorism of Coleridge : " He, who begins by loving Christianity better than truth, will proceed by loving his own Sect or Church...Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all."— Aids to Reflection. Moral and Religious Apb. XXV. Note 2. " The city opens its gates to none, but those... | |
| James Martineau - 1845 - 188 sider
...three steps indicated in the Aphorism of Coleridge: " He, who begins by loving Christianity better than truth, will proceed by loving his own Sect or Church...Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all."—Aids to Reflection. Moral and Religious Aph. XXV. Note 2. " The city opens its gates to none,... | |
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