The Grounds of Faith: Four Lectures

The Grounds of Faith: Four Lectures

MY purpose is to speak of the grounds of Faith; I do not mean of the special doctrines of the Catholic theology, but of the grounds or foundation upon which all Faith rests.
This is a subject difficult to treat: partly, because it is of a dry and preliminary nature; and partly, because it is not easy to touch upon a matter so long controverted, without treating it likewise in a controversial tone. But I should think it a dishonour to the sacredness of truth itself, if I could treat a matter so sacred and so necessary in a tone of mere argument, I desire to speak, then, for the honour of our Lord, and, if God so will, for the help of those who seek the truth. To lay broad and sure the foundations on which we believe is necessary at all times, because as the end of man is life eternal, and as the means to that end is the knowledge of God, and of Jesus Christ whom He hath sent, our whole being, moral, intellectual, and spiritual, demands that we should rightly know, and by knowledge be united with, the mind and will of God. And what is necessary at all times is especially so at this
Country USA
Manufacturer Veritatis Splendor Publications
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-08-30
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Veritatis Splendor Publications
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-08-30
Format	Kindle eBook

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