THE

UNIVERSAL CHURCH;

Its Faith, Doctrine, and Constitution.

“ There are times when prudence permits us to hide the love we
have for our brethren; but there are none in which we are permitted
to conceal the truth. In fact the truth is not exclusively ours; we
are but its depositaries, witnesses, and defenders.

“ It is the light of God in man, which should illuminate the
whole world; and when we conceal it, we are unjust towards our
brethren, to whom it belongs as well as to us, and ungrateful towards
the Creator of Light, who has shed it abroad in our hearts."

Massillon, Bishop of Clermont.

LONDON :
TRÜBNER AND CO., 60, PATERNOSTER ROW.

1866.

110. ji g&.

LONDON: PRINTED BY WERTHEIMER AND CO,

CIRCUS PLACE, FINSBURY CIRCUS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

BOOK I.

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . 1

CHAPTER I.

The Unity of God. . . . . . ..

CHAPTER II.

Idolatry · · · · · · ·

· 23

CHAPTER III.

Miracles . . . . . . . . . . . 31

CHAPTER IV.

Free-will and love in man . . . . . .

CHAPTER V.

More on love and free-will: on heaven and hell . . . 67

CHAPTER VI.

Spiritual life.--Immortality . . . . . . . 75

CHAPTER VII.

Salvation . . . . . . . . .

. 84

CHAPTER VIII.

On the providence of God in the creation and government of

the world ; and on the origin of evil. : . . .

CHAPTER IX.

Revelation, inspiration, and prophecy . . . . . 109

BOOK II.

The constitution of the Universal Church . . . . 131

Classification of the Church . . . . . . . 136

Remuneration of ministers . . . .

138

The University, The College of the ministry and the College

BOOK III.

THE SPIRITUAL AND ANIMAL NATURE OF MAN, WITH SOME NOTES

RESPECTING ANIMAL ORGANISATION.

Man as a spiritual and moral being. .

. . . 167

The spiritual organisation of man . . . . . . 178

The animal organisation of man . . . . . . 191

Animal organisation . . . . . . . . . 198

churches themselves profess to desire. But it goes further,

and recognising what truth the world has, to be still

partial and imperfect, seeks to advance and amplify it.

We shall extend the limits of our holy land, plant it with

all truth-bearing trees, and nourish them so that they

may all bear good fruit, useful in their season. We will

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