Realities And Ideals; Social, Political, Literary And Artistic
The book Realities And Ideals; Social, Political, Literary And Artistic was written by author Harrison, Frederic, 1831-1923 Here you can read free online of Realities And Ideals; Social, Political, Literary And Artistic book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Realities And Ideals; Social, Political, Literary And Artistic a good or bad book?
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Positivists (almost alone) desire at once a strong State and an indepen- dent Church. Positivists are certainly alone, amongst the non-theological schools of opinion, in seeking to make the religious character of Marriage both more definite and more impressive, in treating it as a very real sacrament, in making it a cardinal feature of the religious life. The only criticism that they offer to the ecclesiastical view of Marriage is, that all existing Christian Churches treat Marriage far too loo...sely, do not respect its sacramental importance, and allow it to be regarded as a civil state primarily and chiefly. Even the Catholic Church is far too ready to play fast and loose with its "dis- pensations" to the high and mighty, fails to rise to its real spiritual dignity, does not treat it as "indissoluble" in the spiritual sense, and has dishonored it by the vicious institution of celibacy of the priesthood. 148 REALITIES AND IDEALS As to Other Christian Churches, they have made no effective stand against the demoralising progress of Divorce : indeed, in many parts both of the Old and the New World they ac- quiesce in a practice of Divorce carried to the point of re- ducing marriage to a union during pleasure.
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