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Excerpt from Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal InfallibilityThe recently published selection of Lord Acton's letters has increased our knowledge of his attitude toward the Infallibility Decree, but the entire omission of correspondence during ten most critical years of the struggle suggests, what other considerations endorse, that there is yet considerably more remaining unrevealed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thou...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Resurrection and Modern ThoughtThe history of the doctrine of the Resurrection of the Body is traced from the Apostolic age down to modern days. And it is believed that a careful study of the two directions in which Christian thought has moved upon this momentous subject would greatly contribute to solve some difficulties which disturb the modern mind. A crude traditional theory, of a materialistic and quite unphilosophic char...

Excerpt from Our Lord's ResurrectionThe object of the Oxford Library of Practical Theology is to supply some carefully considered teaching on matters of Religion to that large body of devout laymen, who desire instruction, but are not attracted by the learned treatises which appeal to the theologian. One of the needs of the time would seem to be, to trans late the solid theological learning, of which there is no lack, into the vernacular of ev...

Excerpt from St. Augustine and African Church DivisionThis document was followed in rapid succession by three more: one enjoining torture as a method of coercion, and the last in¿icting the penalty of death.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology t...

Excerpt from Non-Communicating AttendanceSeeing that all attempts to maintain the Eucharist as the habitual Sunday worship for all Christians have sooner or later invariably resulted in the practice of non-communicating attendance, it is only in keeping with historic precedent that the restoration of Sunday and daily Eucharists in the English Church should lead to the same result. A universal tendency requires an explanation, and seems to indi...

Excerpt from The Prayer of ConsecrationThe Objections, long entertained as this book shows, to our present Communion Service, and the suggested remedies are as follows.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, prese...

Excerpt from The Catholic Conception of the Church: A Study of the Traditional Idea, of the Nature and Constitution, of the ChurchN no branch of human knowledge has there been a more lively increase of the spirit of research during the past few years than in the study of Theology.Many points of doctrine have been passing afresh through the crucible, re-statement is a popular cry and, in some directions, a real requirement of the age, the addit...

Excerpt from The Place of the Laity in the ChurchT is the purpose Of this book to indicate some of the fundamental principles by which any true reform or development of the Councils Of the Church must be made. It is the belief of the writers that nothing is more important at the present time than to call attention to principles.In a volume of independent Essays, where each writer is responsible only for what he has written, a certain amount Of...

Excerpt from Our Lord's Resurrection The object of the Oxford Library of Practical Theology is to supply some carefully considered teaching on matters of Religion to that large body of devout laymen, who desire instruction, but are not attracted by the learned treatises which appeal to the theologian. One of the needs of the time would seem to be, to translate the solid theological learning, of which there is no lack, into the vernacular of e...

Excerpt from The Prayer of Consecration I am very glad to have the opportunity of writing a brief introduction to this most useful book, inasmuch as I am in cordial agreement with the desire which it expresses that sanction should be obtained for an alteration (permissive not obligatory) in the order of the prayers in our present Communion Service, or, still better, for the alternative use of the liturgy in the first Prayer Book of Edward VI....

Excerpt from The Resurrection and Modern Thought It is characteristic of many writings on the Resurrection of our Lord that they concentrate attention chiefly upon the evidences, while giving scanty recognition to the theology. This is, surely, even from an evidential standpoint, to be regretted, because the fact itself acquires a different value when seen to occupy a central place in a religious interpretation of human life and destiny. The ...

Excerpt from Non-Communicating AttendanceSeeing that all attempts to maintain the Eucharist as the habitual Sunday worship for all Christians have sooner or later invariably resulted in the practice of non-communicating attendance, it is only in keeping with historic precedent that the restoration of Sunday and daily Eucharists in the English Church should lead to the same result. A universal tendency requires an explanation, and seems to indi...