But on the following Friday he was waited upon by the Pillars of the Church, who informed him that in order to be in harmony with the New Theology and get full advantage of modern methods of
Gospel interpretation they had deemed it advisable to make a change.
Let us suppose an inhabitant of some remote and superior region, yet unskilled in the ways of men, having read and considered the precepts of the
gospel, and the example of our Saviour, to come down in search of the true church: if he would not inquire after it among the cruel, the insolent, and the oppressive; among those who are continually grasping at dominion over souls as well as bodies; among those who are employed in procuring to themselves impunity for the most enormous villainies, and studying methods of destroying their fellow-creatures, not for their crimes but their errors; if he would not expect to meet benevolence, engage in massacres, or to find mercy in a court of inquisition, he would not look for the true church in the Church of Rome.
The
Gospel of Three Dimensions must not be thus frustrated.
It was at this juncture that John Starhurst proclaimed that he would carry the Gospel from coast to coast of the Great Land, and that he would begin by penetrating the mountain fastnesses of the headwaters of the Rewa River.
To his fellow missionaries he explained that he was not bent upon martyrdom; that the call had come for him to carry the Gospel into Viti Levu, and that he was merely obeying the Lord's wish.
"During these days he labored to compose two works well worthy to be remembered besides the lessons we had from him, and singing of psalms: that is, he translated the
Gospel of St.
Hence, they reject all political, and especially all revolutionary,action; they wish to attain their ends by peaceful means, and endeavour,by small experiments, necessarily doomed to failure, and by the force of example, to pave the way for the new social Gospel.
They, therefore, violently oppose all political action on the part of the working class; such action, according to them, can only result from blind unbelief in the new Gospel.
And there's such a thing as being oversperitial; we must have something beside
Gospel i' this world.
Gospels and
Gospel Traditions in the Second Century: Experiments in Reception
From the
Gospel to the
Gospels; history, theology, and impact of the biblical term euangelion.
IN a bid to celebrate the return of the Lindisfarne
Gospels to the North East, its birthplace has been revisited.
Augustine
Gospels, which many Anglicans refer to as "the Canterbury
Gospels."
Preparations have started for a summer 2013 exhibition which will see the Lindisfarne
Gospels return to the region where they were created and go on show in the heart of Durham's Unesco World Heritage site.
An Introduction to Jesus and the
Gospels is recommended for any Christian collection strong in Biblical studies, and offers the latest scholarship on the
Gospels, especially their Jewish roots.
