Cwc Iii Quotations

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"theology is but the ignorance of natural causes reduced to a system; a long tissue of fallacies and contradictions

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D'Holbach

science and the knowledge of "natural causes" as removed the need for Theology to answer peoples questions

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As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken a tast of more difficulty than I had imagined.

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Benjamin Franklin

teh author is trying to deveop a system in which he can alwys do the right and avoid the wrong

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I never was without some religious principles. I never doubted, for instance, the existence of teh Deity. that he made the world and goverend it by his providence, that the most acceptable service of God was the doing good to man, that our souls were immortal, and that ll crime will be punished and virtue be rewarded either here or hereafter

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Benjamin Franklin

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Infant baptism is of no avail to salvationl for it is written, that we live by faith along. Again" he that believeth and is baptised shall be saved. peter liewise says' the ike figure wherunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away the filth of flesth, but eh answer of a good consience toward God), by the resurrection of Jesus Christ

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Martyrdom of Michael Sattler

key idea:
infant baptism does not bring salvation

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If the turks should come, we ought not to resist theml for it si written: thou shall not kill. we must not defend ourselves against the Turks and others of our persecurtors, but are to beseech God with earnest prayer to repel and resist them.

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Martyrdom of Michael Sattler

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Let us grand that theology is the highest of the sciences. But if theolgoy does not concer itself with the subject-matter of the subordinate science because they do not deal with blessedness, then theologians schould not take upon themselves the authority to decie controversies over issues which they have not studied

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Galileo

key idea:
theology doesnt concert itself with the study of the physical sciences, then theologians should not claim "the authority to decided controversies over issue which they ahve not stidied"

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We hld thse truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienableRights, that amont thee are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness

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thomas jefferson

key idea:
"all men are created equal" and they have been granted natural rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"

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Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery? God having,outof his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, eected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of th eestate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation, by a Redeemer.

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Westminster Confession

the idea here is that God "elected some to everlasting life" also this iswritten in a question and answer format.

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If we wish to proceed securely in al things, we must hold fast to this principle;What seems to mewhite, I will believe black if the hierarchial Church so defines. For I must be convinced tha tin Christ our lord...and in His spouse, the churhc, onnly one Spirit holds sway, which governs and rules for th esalvation of our souls.

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Ignatius Loyola

key idea:
full devotion to the hierarchial churhc.

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I think that in discussions of physical problemswe ought to begin not from the authority of scriptural passages, but from sense=experiences and experiments; for the holy Bible and the laws of nature are both derived from God's Word: the Bibleas inspired by the Holy Ghost and nature as obedient to God's commands.

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Galileo

key idea:
God authored both the Bible and the laws of nature, and that we must being the discussions of physical problems with "sense-experiences and experiments" and not with scripture.

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We must praise highly religious life, virginity, and continency; and matrimony ought not be praised as much as any of these. We should praise vows of religion, obedience, poverty, castity, and vows to perform other works of supererogation conducive to perfection

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Ignatius Loyola

key idea;
prasies commitnment to religious and monastic vows.

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Christian thinkers much show that proven truths do not contradict the holy scriptures. As for ideas which are stated butnot rigorously proven, anything they say contrarty to the Bible must be held undoubtedly fals and should be proved by every possible means

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Galileo

Key idea is the notion that christian thinkers are responsible for showing that "proven truths" do not contradictthe Bible.

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For as long as every man holds this Right, of doing anything he likesl so long are all me in condintion of War

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Thomas Hobbes

key idea:
when human beings livign in the state of nature their natural condion of lifeis the contion of war.

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We bluntly state that neither such extreme liberty is right, not iis it possible to bind the conscience of others with hard and fast rules. however, sinc Scripture lays down some general princples for the lawful use of earthly things, we certainly ought to follow these guidelines in our actions.

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John Calvin

key idea:
proper use of earthly things

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Theology is but the ignorance of natural causes reduced to a systeml a long tissue of fallacies and contradictions

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D'Holbach

key idea:
science and the knowledge of "natural causes" as removed the need for theolgy to answer peoples questions.

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If we follow our divine calling we shall recieve this special comfort: there is no job so simple, dull, or dirthy that God does not consider it truly respectable and highly important

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John Calvin

Key Idea:
we all have a divine calling and therefore there is no job that God does not find respectable and important

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Yet, let us certainly add, good Christian people, that we may not obey king, magistrates, or any other, though they be our own fathers, if they wouldcommand us to do anything against Gods commandments...but nevertheless in those cases, e may non in any way resiste violently or rebel against our rulers

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Homily on Obedience

key idea:
Christians should not resist violently against political rulers who issued laws against Gods commandments.

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We know the truth not only thought th reason btu also through the heart; it is through the latter way that we know first principles, with wich the reason sruggles in vain

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Pascal

key idea:
we know truth through not only reason but also through the heart.

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The lord who commands us to use this world as thought we weren't using it, forbids not only excess in eating and drinking, but also in every thing that could drag down our spiritual level or destory our devotion: pleasure ambition, pride, care for our clothing, home or possesions

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john calvin

key idea:
proper use of this world and the value of moderation.