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Excerpt from Adamites and Preadamites: Or a Popular Discussion Concerning the Remote Representatives of the Human Species and Their Relation to the Biblical Adam
Not so the contemporaries of Peyrerius. Even where two or more different meanings of the text were equally grammatical and legitimate, that was held to be the true meaning which accorded best with current beliefs. An alternative interpretation, when once promulgated, was held to be divine truth, as absolute and authoritative as if no other interpretation were possible. Per haps the well-established infallibility of the church had an interest in consistency. No matter if it concerned a fact of a purely sci entific or secular character, the verdict was held as binding on the conscience as if the church had been in possession of all pos sible science.
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Not so the contemporaries of Peyrerius. Even where two or more different meanings of the text were equally grammatical and legitimate, that was held to be the true meaning which accorded best with current beliefs. An alternative interpretation, when once promulgated, was held to be divine truth, as absolute and authoritative as if no other interpretation were possible. Per haps the well-established infallibility of the church had an interest in consistency. No matter if it concerned a fact of a purely sci entific or secular character, the verdict was held as binding on the conscience as if the church had been in possession of all pos sible science.
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
Author(s) - Alexander Winchell
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ISBN - 9780265388310
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm
Page Count - 56
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ISBN - 9781330900062
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