 It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were...  The Panoplist, Or, the Christian's Armory - Стр. 4271807Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Frederick Copleston - 1999 - Страниц: 452
...remarks that 'it is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it...subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisal for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.'2 At the time at which Butler... | |
 | Isabel Rivers - 2000 - Страниц: 407
...of his work: It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry; but that it...subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals, for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.38 Unlike Clarke and Berkeley,... | |
 | C. D. Broad, Charlie Dunbar Broad - 2000 - Страниц: 318
...the Analogy : " It is come to be taken for granted by many persons that Christianity is not so much a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length...subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." This would certainly not... | |
 | Victor Shea, William Whitla - 2000 - Страниц: 1092
...1709. )175 Thirty years later Butler writes, that 'it is come to be taken for granted that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry; but that it is now, at length, discovered to be f1ctitious. Accordingly they treat it as if in the present age this were an agreed point among all... | |
 | Herbert Schlossberg - 2000 - Страниц: 420
...published in 1736: It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is, not at length, discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it, as if, in the present age,... | |
 | Isaac Backus, David Weston - 2001 - Страниц: 612
...1736 : — It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that...subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals, for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.3 But God ever works like... | |
 | J. C. Ryle - 2001 - Страниц: 236
...our own days:— "It is come to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not even a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length...accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, THIS was an agreed point among all people of discernment, and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal... | |
 | Frederick Copleston - 2003 - Страниц: 452
...remarks that 'it is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it...subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisal for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.'* At the time at which Butler... | |
 | David M. Knight - 2004 - Страниц: 248
...is famous:16 It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry; but that it is now, at length, discovered to be fictitious. Where have we heard that recently? It seems there is nothing new under the sun, and predictions of... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 2005 - Страниц: 401
...is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length...subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were, by way of reprisals for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world. On the contrary, thus much,... | |
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