Religion for To-Day, Various Interpretations of the Thought And Practise of the New Religion of Our Time
Religion for To-Day, Various Interpretations of the Thought And Practise of the New Religion of Our Time
Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964
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It must banish the world, shut it out altogether, keep itself apart from the ways and deeds of men. But such a sacrifice of vital connection with practical affairs is worth making, if only for the sake of this purity of life which is achieved. Hence the remoteness of the church from the world, of which I have been speaking. The early Christian, worship- ping in his grotto or catacomb, refusing to }>ay taxes, to engage in the ordinary social and political life of the empire, even to enlist in th...e army which was fighting on the frontiers for the protection of the realm against barbarian invasion, is a perfect em- Digitized by Google THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD 193 bodiment of this conception of remoteness for the sake of purity of life. Still more extreme is the Egyp- tian hermit, walling himself up in his lonely cell, so that he may not touch even so much as the little finger of the passer-by who gives him food or alms. In every case do we have a church keeping its de- votees apart, that they may live not according to the customs and laws of men, but according to the will of God alone!
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