 | 1883 - 934 pages
...Aquinas, " est virtus reddens debitum honorem Deo."* And so Cardinal Newman, somewhat more fully, " By religion I mean the knowledge of God, of His will, and of our duties towards Him ;" and he goes on to say that " there are three main channels which Nature furnishes us for our acquiring... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1870 - 514 pages
...first inquire into the chief doctrines and the grounds of Natural Religion. § 1. NATURAL RELIGION. BY Religion I mean the knowledge of God, of His Will,...own minds, the voice of mankind, and the course of the~world, that is, of human~Iife and human affairs! '1'he inl'ormations which these three convey to... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1870 - 500 pages
...inquire into the chief doctrines and the grounds of Natural Religion. UNIVERSITY { i. NATURAL RELIGION. i (BY Religion I mean the knowledge of God, of His Will,...Nature furnishes for our Acquiring this knowledge, vizj our own minds, the unvoice of mankind, andnrne course of the world, that :is, of human life and... | |
 | Conway Morel (pseud. [i.e. Charles Zachary Macaulay.]) - 1871 - 340 pages
...his behalf. Now proceed with your memorandum. MAX reads : — 2. ' By religion,' says Dr. Newman, ' I mean the knowledge of God, of his will, and of our duties towards Him.' I accept this definition, and the object of the present inquiry is to determine by what process the... | |
 | Conway Morel (pseud. [i.e. Charles Zachary Macaulay.]) - 1871 - 358 pages
...his behalf. Now proceed with your memorandum. MAX reads : — 2. ' By religion,' says Dr. Newman, ' I mean the knowledge of God, of his will, and of our duties towards Him.' I accept this definition, and the object of the present inquiry is to determine by what process the... | |
 | 1883 - 948 pages
...Aquinas, " est virtus reddens debitum honorem Deo."* And so Cardinal Newman, somewhat more fully, " By religion I mean the knowledge of God, of His will, and of our duties towards Him ;" and he goes on to say that " there arc three main channels which Nature furnishes us for our acquiring... | |
 | William Samuel Lilly - 1884 - 414 pages
...religious inquiries, he holds informal inference to be the real and necessary method. By religion he means the knowledge of God, of His will, and of our duties towards Him ; and he finds three main channels which Nature furnishes for acquiring this knowledge, viz. our own minds,... | |
 | Henry Maudsley - 1884 - 358 pages
...of those relations, and how it suffers by the enforced union. By religion, says Cardinal Newman, ' I mean the knowledge of God, of His Will, and of our duties to Him.' l At the outset then we are to understand that there can be no religion without a knowledge... | |
 | 1906 - 412 pages
...answers; interminable the disquisitions in search for a final understanding. Says Cardinal Newman, "By religion I mean the knowledge of God, of His will, and our duties toward him." Says James Martineau, "By religion I understand the belief and worship of Supreme... | |
 | Lyman Abbott - 1901 - 436 pages
...reserved for another chapter. CHAPTER XV PREACHERS OF REDEMPTION " BY religion," says John Henry Newman, " I mean the knowledge of God, of his will, and of our duties toward him." 1 By religion the ancient Hebrew included also the acceptance of reliance upon God's promises.... | |
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BY RELIGION I MEAN the Knowledge of God, of His Will, and of our duties towards Him; and there are three main channels which Nature furnishes for our acquiring this knowledge, viz. our own minds, the voice of mankind, and the course of the world, that... 
