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Course of Lectures On Subjects Connected with the Corruption, Revival, and Future Influence of Genuine Christianity
Course of Lectures On Subjects Connected with the Corruption Revival and Future Influence of Genuine Christianity Author:William Johnson Fox, Anonymous, William McPherson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1819 Original Publisher: R. Hunter Subjects: Unitarian churches Unitarianism Religion / Christian Life / General Religion / Christianity / General Religion / Christianity / Denominations Religion / Unitarian Universalism Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprin... more »t of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LECTURE V, ON CREEDS, CONTROVERSY, AND THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS ON SOCIETY. Daniel xii. 4. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. Is the preceding Lectures we have attempted to exhibit that, great apostacy in the Church, designated by the term Antichrist, in its nature and extent, as consisting in unscriptural faith and worship, superstitious practices and spiritual tyranny, and affecting, in various degrees, not only the Church of Rome and the Eastern Church, but also the different Protestant sect, and in this country both the Establishment and Dissenters. To this has been opposed what I consider the unadulterated gospel, sacred and eternal truth, approved by reason and declared in Scripture, a system fostered by inquiry, almost identified with religious liberty, and eminently favourable to piety, benevolence and happiness. I have now to shew the advance which thissystem has made, and the means by which that progress has heen effected, and will be continued till Unitarianism become again co-extensive with Christianity; which occupies the present Lecture, and prepares us for contemplating afterwards, the strength of regenerated Christianity, to restrain and ultimately abolish that greatest of evils, war; and thus conduct mankind towards perfection. For this purpose, the terms of the subject of this Lecture were selected. The influence of religious sy...« less