 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...  Sketches of Celibate Worthies - Pàgina 231per James Copner - 1885 - 375 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1853 - 330 pàgines
...not how, to be talen for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so ranch as a subject for inquiry ; but that it is now, at length, discovered...to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age/* — (last century) — "this were an agreed point among all people of discernment... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1853 - 566 pàgines
...the current opinions of the class of men to which they belonged. As Butler says, it had come, he knew not how, to be taken for granted by many persons that Christianity was not so much as a subject of inquiry, but had at length been discovered to be fictitious. Moreover,... | |
 | Peter Gay - 1995 - 596 pàgines
...believe in the gospels,"4 and only a few years later, in 1736, Bishop Butler sardonically reported, "It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted...persons that Christianity is not so much as a subject of enquiry; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as... | |
 | William Law - 1978 - 548 pàgines
...own. Joseph Butler wrote, in the 'Advertisement' to the first edition of his famous Analogy (1736), "It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted...persons that Christianity is not so much as a subject for inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it... | |
 | Kenneth Hylson-Smith - 1992 - 423 pàgines
...the comments of Bishop Butler. Writing in 1736 he bemoaned a general decay and disregard of religion: It 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, discovered to be fictitious And accordingly they... | |
 | C. John Sommerville - 1992 - 238 pàgines
...eighteenth century that "It has come to be taken for granted that Christianity is not so much a subject for inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious." 28 Such quotations, while always ambiguous, could be multiplied endlessly and may even have had a self-fulfilling... | |
 | Richard Sibbes - 1995 - 376 pàgines
...find Bishop Butler, a century later, taking up the same lamentation in nearly the same words ; eg, ' It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted...be fictitious, and, accordingly, they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment,' (Preface to ' The... | |
 | John Farrelly - 1997 - 354 pàgines
...believe in the gnspels." and only a few years later, in 1736, Bishop Butler sardonically reported, "It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted...persons that Christianity is not so much as a subject of enquiry; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as... | |
 | Frederick Copleston - 1999 - 452 pàgines
...Constitution and Course of Nature.1 In the preface or 'advertisement' to this book Butler remarks that 'it is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted...to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment, and nothing remained... | |
 | Isabel Rivers - 2000 - 407 pàgines
...to the Constitution and Course of Nature (l736). S7 His Advertisement made clear the occasion of his work: It is come, I know not how, to be taken for...to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it, as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment; and nothing remained,... | |
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