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Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-18

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9780656823338

Excerpt from Modern Criticism; Or the New Theology: The Battle of the Critics OF late years many eminent Writers have so ques tioned the accuracy of the literal sense of Scripture, upon critical and scientific grounds, as to weaken the faith of many in its divine authority, and to lead them to view a large portion thereof as a Jewish, and therefore now a bygone, superstition. The necessity for this criticism has been thus urged upon us.' It is certain, says Dr. Colenso, that in this age of ours every part of the New Testament as well as the Old, will be subject to a close and searching criticism. We cannot, if we would, escape this trial of our faith for God, our God and Father, has called us to it. As plainly as in the days of the Reformation men were called to brace up their minds for a mighty struggle between the powers of light and the powers of darkness, so surely, ' if we read the signs of the times, the like struggle is coming now, nay, rather, is come upon us. (natal Sermons, p. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.