| Description |
x, 416 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The Classics of Western spirituality |
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Classics of Western spirituality.
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| Note |
All but 4 of the 38 sermons selected are from Parochial and plain sermons, originally preached in the 1830's and 40's in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin at Oxford, first published in successive volumes, then collected in six volumes, then definitively in eight in 1868. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-407) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The Scriptural background -- The reaction against evangelicalism -- The influence of the Greek fathers -- Characteristics of Newman's spirituality -- The immortality of the soul -- Knowledge of God's will without obedience -- Secret faults -- Self-denial the test of religious earnestness -- Sins of ignorance and weakness -- Promising without doing -- The religion of the day -- Self-contemplation -- The indwelling spirit -- Tolerance of religious error -- The powers of nature -- The danger of accomplishments -- Contracted views in religion -- Bodily suffering -- Intercession -- The strictness of the law of Christ -- Obedience without love, as instanced in the character of Balaam -- The state of grace -- The visible Church for the sake of the elect -- The greatness and littleness of human life -- Moral effects of communion with God -- Christ hidden from the world -- Christ manifested in remembrance -- Faith and love -- Watching -- Worship, a preparation for Christ's coming -- Righteousness not of us, but in us -- Sins of infirmity -- Sincerity and hypocrisy -- The thought of God, the stay of the soul -- Christ's privations a meditation for Christians -- The lapse of time -- The duty of self-denial -- Truth hidden when not sought after -- Faith and the world -- The Apostolical Christian -- Mental sufferings of our Lord in His Passion -- The religion of the pharisee, the religion of mankind. |
| Subject |
Church of England -- Sermons.
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Anglican Communion -- England -- Sermons.
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Sermons, English -- 19th century.
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Catholic Church -- Sermons.
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| Added Author |
Ker, I. T. (Ian Turnbull)
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| Added Title |
Parochial and plain sermons. Selections.
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| ISBN |
0809104652 |
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9780809104659 |
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0809134519 paperback |
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9780809134519 paperback |
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