Contentio Vertitatis Essays in Constructive Theology
Contentio Vertitatis Essays in Constructive Theology
Rashdall, Hastings, 1858-1924
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And if it be maintained that even in this sphere the effects of criticism have made themselves felt, showing in many cases that these ancient prophets and poets did not intend all that their words would seem to convey when viewed in the different atmosphere of a later age, surely it may be replied that this consideration, so far from minimising, rather increases our conviction of the spiritual value of their sentiments ; that the response which these find in the human soul to-day, the response ...which they have found in the human soul in all ages, furnishes ample proof that they are instinct with the Divine Spirit, and that this Spirit is unfolding, and will yet unfold, the deeper truths of their meaning. It is fitting in this con- nection to quote the words of S. T. Coleridge in his Letters on the Inspiration of the Scriptures : " Need I say that I have met everywhere more or less copious sources 174 PERMANENT RELIGIOUS VALUE OF O. T. of truth, and power, and purifying impulses; that I have found words for my inmost thoughts, songs for my joy, utterances for my hidden griefs, and pleadings for my shame and my feebleness?
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