The Biblical criticism of the present day - pagina 25

Biblical Criticism of the Present

1904.]

in the theory of inspiration, the it

may

be ill-chosen

;

words employed

its

result

human

all

Hence

a bible for the church of God.

tion which, in

The

immovable.

which makes the Holy Scripture

chiefly that

is

e.

i.

in describing

uncertainty of

divine fixedness over against the

" holy,"

433

nothing as long as the fact of

all this is

inspiration remains untouched and

ponderings,

Day.

the ques-

view of the Scripture-study of the present day,

presents itself

whether

not,

is

gathers about

it

itself

other

hypotheses concerning the mystery of the inspiration of the

nor whether

Scripture,

from the

Scriptures

whether

clusively,

it

inspiration of the

ly

literary

view-point,

whose

result offers

modern tendency

ture as a fruit of superstition, and

this

make

it

an its

certainty. is

scarce-

The moderns without

any longer a question as such.

tinction antagonize with one accord such a

it

us for

unweakened guarantee of divine

the view-point of the

impress

and ex-

only

but

leaves us in the possession of such

Scripture,

entire content the

From

modifies the judgment about the

it

dis-

view of the Scripa point of honor to

deeply upon the congregations that such a Holy

Scripture never existed, save in the imagination of the cred-

No

ulous.

we cannot

further

word

pass those by

them

of

is

who have

therefore necessary.

erected their tent,

But

midway

between the moderns and ourselves, and whose banner carthe

ries

ethical

For

symbol.

strange

phenomenon appears

of

church,

the

abolish the at the

no

less

with

that,

Holy Scripture

as a

God.

or jot of God's word

Hence

than

the

It will

and most

af-

you that the violation of a

held by them to be a sin before

the presentation of their ideas

than ordinary care.

moderns, they

in strongest terms

is

the

book of divine authority, and

fectionate assurances, declare to tittle

men

according to the impression

decisively

same time personally,

these learned

demands more

be less easy to reach any conclu-

Deze tekst is geautomatiseerd gemaakt en kan nog fouten bevatten. Digibron werkt voortdurend aan correctie. Klik voor het origineel door naar de pdf. Voor opmerkingen, vragen, informatie: contact.

Op Digibron -en alle daarin opgenomen content- is het databankrecht van toepassing. Gebruiksvoorwaarden. Data protection law applies to Digibron and the content of this database. Terms of use.

Printen