 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
 | 1896 - 554 sider
...is true. In so far, Coleridge was right in saying, "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." 1 Bead at the Sixth General Council of the Alliance of the Reformed Churches holding the Presbyterian... | |
 | Edward Berdoe - 1896 - 266 sider
...own name and from my own conviction the following : 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."2 1 Neander, Life of Christ, p. 425 (Bohn's ed.). Faith is very different from mere opinion. The... | |
 | 1898 - 946 sider
...you can do, or think you can, begin it. — Goethe. He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity and end by loving himself better than all. COLERIDGE. Pure spirit has no personality, but exists impersonal... | |
 | George Gore - 1899 - 628 sider
...false and unprovable ideas is a relic of heathenism. " 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 " (Coleridge, " Moral Aphorisms," p. xxv). Up to the present time, " as to the effects of religion... | |
 | Warren Akin Candler - 1900 - 272 sider
...stand firmly upon the noble words of Coleridge, that "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."4 But while loving the 'Mor. and Rel. Aphor., XXV., Works, New York, Edition 1853, Vol. I., page... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1900 - 514 sider
...unprejudiced mind. In his "Aids to Reflection," he says, " He who begins by loving Christianity better than truth will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and then end in loving himself better than all." The average man believes a thing first, & then searches... | |
 | William Kingdon Clifford - 1901 - 526 sider
...And with this famous aphorism of Coleridge l — " 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." Inquiry into the evidence of a doctrine is not to be made once for all, and then taken as finally settled.... | |
 | Leo Tolstoy - 1903 - 386 sider
...re-enter the eggshell from which it has emerged. ' 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 (his own peace) better than all,' said Coleridge. I travelled the contrary way. I began by loving my... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1904 - 500 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... | |
 | graf Leo Tolstoy - 1905 - 584 sider
...into the shell of the egg from which it came out. "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," said Coleridge. I went the opposite way. I began by loving my Orthodox faith more than peace, then... | |
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