He, who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth, will proceed by loving his own Sect or Church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all. Aids to Reflection - Page 74by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1839 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1914 - 530 pages
...be cared for good and evil. He is a memorable instance of the truth of Coleridge's aphorism that ' he who begins by ' loving Christianity better than...his own sect or Church better than Christianity.' Toleration was ideal ; but what if it brought evil as well as good, if it destroyed the unity of the... | |
| 1826 - 576 pages
...have no doubts. He never truly believed, who was not made first sensible and convinced of unbelief. " Never be afraid to doubt, if only you have the disposition...Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all." We are quite of opinion that these last aphorisms, the former by Archbishop Leighton, the latter by... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 484 pages
...will venture to add in my own name and from my own conviction the following : APHORISM XXV. EDITOR. He, who begins by loving Christianity better than...in loving himself better than all. APHORISM XXVI. L. AND ED. THE ABSENCE OF DISPUTES, AND A GENERAL AVERSION TO RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSIES, NO PROOF OF... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1831 - 444 pages
...be afraid to doubt, if only you have thculis- „ position to believe^and doubt in .order that.ypu may end in Believing the Truth. I will venture to...and end in loving himself better than all. APHORISM XXIV. THE ABSENCE OF DISPUTES, AND A GENERAL AVERSION TO RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSIES, NO PROOF OF TRUE... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1836 - 434 pages
...have no doubts. He never truly believed, who was not made first sensible and convinced of unbelief. Never be afraid to doubt, if only you have the disposition...and end in loving himself better than all. APHORISM XXTV. THE ABSENCE OF DISPUTES, AND A GENERAL AVERSION TO RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSIES, NO PROOF OF TRUE... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1836 - 450 pages
...my own conviction the following : APHORISM XXV. He, who begins by loving Christianity better than II Truth, will proceed by loving his own Sect or Church...and end in loving himself better than all. APHORISM XXIV. THE ABSENCE OF DISPUTES, AND A GENERAL AVERSION TO RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSIES, NO PROOF OF TRUE... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1839 - 404 pages
...have no doubts. He never truly believed, who was not made first sensible and convinced of unbelief. Never be afraid to doubt, if only you have the disposition...Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all. THE ABSENCE OF BISPUTES, AND A GENERAL AVERSION TO RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSIES, NO PROOF OF TRUE UNANIMITY.... | |
| 1841 - 586 pages
...And partizanship soon leads to selfishness; for as Coleridge has said, " He who begins by loving even Christianity better than Truth, will proceed by loving...Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all."* I do not think, then, that those who fill the so-called Liberal Professions realize their position,... | |
| 1842 - 1046 pages
...arguments of a transcendentalizing theology. " He who begins by loving Christianity better than the truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or church...Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all." Not such has been the faith of the real martyrs to principle, in church and state. They who have faced... | |
| 1842 - 508 pages
...arguments of a transcendentalizing theology. " He who begins by loving Christianity better than the truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or church...Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all." Not such has been the faith of the real martyrs to principle, in church and state. They who have faced... | |
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