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Excerpt from The Social Doctrine of the Sermon on the Mount
Man, then, is social and individual. And a man on the way of redemption, a believer in Christ, is an indi vidual member of a great society, or kingdom, - the Catholic Church; under the authority of the Church with its powers of legislation and discipline - its power of the keys, its authority to bind and loose,-but not tinder its authority in an arbitrary sense; because its authority extends only to applying the law of its Master, whom the man''s own conscience has recognized and adored, and who Himself exhibited so careful a respect for human individuality.
I am concerned now, not with the wide subject of Christian authority and liberty, but with a particular form of Christian authority, namely, the authority which the Church ought to exercise in matters of social morality and that, with special reference to the Sermon on the Mount considered as supplying the fundamental moral law of our Lord''s kingdom.
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Man, then, is social and individual. And a man on the way of redemption, a believer in Christ, is an indi vidual member of a great society, or kingdom, - the Catholic Church; under the authority of the Church with its powers of legislation and discipline - its power of the keys, its authority to bind and loose,-but not tinder its authority in an arbitrary sense; because its authority extends only to applying the law of its Master, whom the man''s own conscience has recognized and adored, and who Himself exhibited so careful a respect for human individuality.
I am concerned now, not with the wide subject of Christian authority and liberty, but with a particular form of Christian authority, namely, the authority which the Church ought to exercise in matters of social morality and that, with special reference to the Sermon on the Mount considered as supplying the fundamental moral law of our Lord''s kingdom.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Charles Gore
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ISBN - 9780265441459
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.2 cm
Page Count - 31
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Author
Charles Gore
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ISBN - 9781331793380
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.2 cm
Page Count - 33
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