Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2Macmillan, 1905 - 721 pages |
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... eternal life is not a religion to be ashamed of . In spite of all the aberrations of fanaticism , all the superstitions of formalism , all the ugly superstructures of hypocrisy , all the fantastic puerilities of theology , the Gospel ...
... eternal life is not a religion to be ashamed of . In spite of all the aberrations of fanaticism , all the superstitions of formalism , all the ugly superstructures of hypocrisy , all the fantastic puerilities of theology , the Gospel ...
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... eternal , here is perfection , salvation , joy . Faith in the fatherly love of God , who punishes and pardons for our good , and who desires not the death of the sinner , but his conversion and his life , here is the motive power of the ...
... eternal , here is perfection , salvation , joy . Faith in the fatherly love of God , who punishes and pardons for our good , and who desires not the death of the sinner , but his conversion and his life , here is the motive power of the ...
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... eternal Gospel . But before we can reach it , the comparative history and philosophy of religions must assign to Christianity its true place , and must judge it . The religion too which Jesus professed must be disentangled from the ...
... eternal Gospel . But before we can reach it , the comparative history and philosophy of religions must assign to Christianity its true place , and must judge it . The religion too which Jesus professed must be disentangled from the ...
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... eternal Gospel , we shall have reached our goal , for in it is the punctum saliens of pure religion . Perhaps the extraordinary will take the place of the supernatural , and the great geniuses of the world will come to be regarded as ...
... eternal Gospel , we shall have reached our goal , for in it is the punctum saliens of pure religion . Perhaps the extraordinary will take the place of the supernatural , and the great geniuses of the world will come to be regarded as ...
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... eternal protest against the universal self- ishness . We have only overthrown those idols which are tangible and visible , but perpetual sacrifice still exists everywhere , and every where the élite of each generation suffers for the ...
... eternal protest against the universal self- ishness . We have only overthrown those idols which are tangible and visible , but perpetual sacrifice still exists everywhere , and every where the élite of each generation suffers for the ...
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