Chapter XII (3)

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_THOUGHTS ON THE STUDY OF THE HOLY GOSPELS._

Characteristic Differences in the Four Gospels.
Our Lord’s Manifestations of Himself.
The Rule of Scriptural Interpretation furnished by our Lord.
Analogies of the Gospel.
Mention of Angels in the Gospels.
Places of our Lord’s Abode and Ministry.
Our Lord’s Mode of Dealing with His Apostles.
Conclusion.

_A HARMONY OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS._

Our Lord’s Nativity.
Our Lord’s Ministry――Second Year.
Our Lord’s Ministry――Third Year.
The Holy Week.
Our Lord’s Passion.
Our Lord’s Resurrection.

_OUR LORD’S NATIVITY._

The Birth at Bethlehem.
The Baptism in Jordan.
The First Passover.

_OUR LORD’S MINISTRY._
SECOND YEAR.

The Second Passover.
Christ with the Twelve.
The Twelve sent forth.

_OUR LORD’S MINISTRY._
THIRD YEAR.

Teaching in Galilee.
Teaching at Jerusalem.
Last Journey from Galilee to Jerusalem.

_THE HOLY WEEK._

The Approach to Jerusalem.
The Teaching in the Temple.
The Discourse on the Mount of Olives.
The Last Supper.

_OUR LORD’S PASSION._

The Hour of Darkness.
The Agony.
The Apprehension.
The Condemnation.
The Day of Sorrows.
The Hall of Judgment.
The Crucifixion.
The Sepulture.

_OUR LORD’S RESURRECTION._

The Day of Days.
The Grave Visited.
Christ Appearing.
The Going to Emmaus.
The Forty Days.
The Apostles Assembled.
The Lake in Galilee.
The Mountain in Galilee.
The Return from Galilee.

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=A KEY TO THE NARRATIVE OF THE FOUR GOSPELS.= By JOHN PILKINGTON
NORRIS, M.A., Canon of Bristol, formerly one of Her Majesty’s
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“_This book is no ordinary compendium, no mere ‘cram-book’; still less is it an ordinary reading book for schools; but the schoolmaster, the Sunday-school teacher and the seeker after a comprehensive knowledge of Divine truth will find it worthy of its name. Canon Norris writes simply, reverently, without great display of learning, giving the result of much careful study in a short compass, and adorning the subject by the tenderness and honesty with which he treats it.... We hope that this little book will have a very wide circulation and that it will be studied; and we can promise that those who take it up will not readily put it down again._”――RECORD.

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=A KEY TO THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.= By JOHN PILKINGTON NORRIS,
M.A. Small 8vo. 2s. 6d.

“_It is a remarkably well-written and interesting account of its subject, ‘The Book of the Acts,’ giving us the narrative of St. Luke with exactly what we want in the way of connecting links and illustrations. One most notable and praiseworthy characteristic of the book is its candour.... The book is one which we can heartily recommend._”――SPECTATOR.

“_Of Canon Norris’s ‘Key to the Narrative of the Four Gospels,’ we wrote in high approval not many months ago. The present is not less carefully prepared, and is full of the unostentatious results of sound learning and patient thought._”――LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW.

“_This little volume is one of a series of ‘Keys’ of a more or less educational character, which are in the course of publication by Messrs. Rivington. It gives apparently a very fair and tolerably exhaustive résumé of the contexts of the Acts, with which it deals, not chapter by chapter, but consecutively in the order of thought._”――SCHOOL BOARD CHRONICLE.

“_Few books have ever given us more unmixed pleasure than this. It is faultlessly written, so that it reads as pleasantly and enticingly as if it had not the least intention of being an ‘educational’ book. It is complete and exhaustive, so far as the narrative and all its bearings go, so that students may feel that they need not be hunting up other books to supply the |lacunæ|. It is the work of a classical scholar, and it leaves nothing wanting in the way of classical illustrations, which in the case of the Acts are of special importance. And, lastly, it is theologically sound._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.

“_This is a sequel to Canon Norris’s ‘Key to the Gospels,’ which was published two years ago, and which has become a general favourite with those who wish to grasp the leading features of the life and word of Christ. The sketch of the Acts of the Apostles is done in the same style; there is the same reverent spirit and quiet enthusiasm running through it, and the same instinct for seizing the leading points in the narrative._”――RECORD.

⁂ _Other Volumes are in preparation._

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=INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE.= From the French of SAINT
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“_It has been the food and hope of countless souls ever since its first appearance two centuries and a half ago, and it still ranks with Scupoli’s ‘Combattimento Spirituale,’ and Arvisenet’s ‘Memoriale Vitæ Sacerdotalis,’ as among the very best works of ascetic theology. We are glad to commend this careful and convenient version to our readers._”――UNION REVIEW.

“_We should be curious to know by how many different hands ‘The Devout Life’ of S. Francis de Sales had been translated into English. At any rate, its popularity is so great that Messrs. Rivington have just issued another translation of it. The style is good, and the volume is of a most convenient size._”――JOHN BULL.

“_To readers of religious treatises, this volume will be highly valued. The ‘Introduction to the Devout Life’ is preceded by a sketch of the life of the author, and a dedicatory prayer of the author is also given._”――PUBLIC OPINION.

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their Nature, Origin, and Effect are distinctly considered
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suppressing such Thoughts; suited to the various conditions
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of melancholy Persons. By WILLIAM CHILCOT, M.A.

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_NEW THEOLOGICAL DICTIONARY._

=DICTIONARY OF DOCTRINAL AND HISTORICAL THEOLOGY.= By various
writers. Edited by the Rev. JOHN HENRY BLUNT, M.A., F.S.A.
Editor of the Annotated Book of Common Prayer. Second Edition.

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1. NATURE OF THE WORK. This Dictionary consists of a series of original Essays (alphabetically arranged, and 575 in number) on all the principal subjects connected with the Doctrines of the Christian Church. Some idea of the subjects, and of the length of the articles, may be formed from the following titles of those which occupy the work from page 700 to page 720.

SIGN. SPINOZISM. SUFFRAGAN.
SIMONY. SPIRIT. SUNDAY.
SIN. SPIRIT, THE HOLY. SUPEREROGATION.
SINAITIC CODEX. SPONSORS. SUPERNATURAL.
SOCINIANISM. SUBDEACONS. SUPERSTITION.
SOLIFIDIANISM. SUBLAPSARIANISM. SUPRALAPSARIANISM.
SOUL. SUBSTANCE. SUPREMACY, PAPAL.

2. OBJECT OF THE WORK. The writers of all the Essays have endeavoured to make them sufficiently exhaustive to render it unnecessary for the majority of readers to go further for information, and, at the same time, sufficiently suggestive of more recondite sources of Theological study, to help the student in following up his subjects. By means of a Table prefixed to the Dictionary, a regular course of such study may be carried out in its pages.

3. PRINCIPLES OF THE WORK. The Editor and his coadjutors have carefully avoided any party bias, and consequently the work cannot be said to be either “High Church,” “Low Church,” or “Broad Church.” The only bias of the Dictionary is that given by Revelation, History, Logic, and the literary idiosyncrasy of each particular contributor. But the Editor has not attempted to assist the circulation of the book by making it colourless on the pretence of impartiality. Errors are freely condemned, and truths are expressed as if they were worth expressing; but he believes that no terms of condemnation which may be used ever transgress the bounds of Christian courtesy.

4. PART OF A SERIES. The Dictionary of Theology is complete in itself, but it is also intended to form part of a Series, entitled, “A Summary of Theology,” of which the second volume, “A Dictionary of Sects, Heresies, and Schools of Thought,” is in the press.

“_Taken as a whole the articles are the work of practised writers, and well informed and solid theologians.... We know no book of its size and bulk which supplies the information here given at all; far less which supplies it in an arrangement so accessible, with a completeness of information so thorough, and with an ability in the treatment of profound subjects so great. Dr. Hook’s most useful volume is a work of high calibre, but it is the work of a single mind. We have here a wider range of thought from a greater variety of sides. We have here also the work of men who evidently know what they write about and are somewhat more profound (to say the least), than the writers of the current Dictionaries of Sects and Heresies._”――GUARDIAN.

“_Mere antiquarianism, however interesting, has little place in it. But for all practical purposes its historical articles are excellent. They are of course, and of necessity, a good deal condensed, yet they are wonderfully complete; see for example such articles as ‘Atheism,’ ‘Cabbala,’ ‘Calvinism,’ ‘Canonization,’ ‘Convocations,’ ‘Evangelical,’ ‘Fathers,’ ‘Infant Baptism,’ &c., &c. But the strength of the book lies in the theology proper, and herein more particularly in what one may call the metaphysical side of doctrine:――see the articles on ‘Conceptualism,’ ‘Doubt,’ ‘Dualism,’ ‘Election,’ ‘Eternity,’ ‘Everlasting Punishment,’ ‘Fatalism,’ and the like. We mention these as characteristic of the book. At the same time other more practical matters are fully dealt with. There are excellent and elaborate papers on such words as ‘Eucharist,’ ‘Confession,’ ‘Blood,’ ‘Cross,’ ‘Antichrist,’ to say nothing of the host of minor matters on which it is most convenient to be able to turn to a book which gives you at a glance the pith of a whole library in a column or a page. Thus it will be obvious that it takes a very much wider range than any undertaking of the same kind in our language; and that to those of our clergy who have not the fortune to spend in books, and would not have the leisure to use them if they possessed them, it will be the most serviceable and reliable substitute for a large library we can think of. And in many cases, while keeping strictly within its province as a Dictionary, it contrives to be marvellously suggestive of thought and reflections, which a serious minded man will take with him and ponder over for his own elaboration and future use. As an example of this we may refer to the whole article on Doubt. It is treated of under the successive heads of,――(1) its nature; (2) its origin; (3) the history of the principal periods of Doubt; (4) the consciousness――or actual experience of Doubt, and how to deal with its different phases and kinds; (5) the relations of Doubt to action and to belief. To explain a little we will here quote a paragraph or two, which may not be unacceptable to our readers.... The variety of the references given in the course of this article, and at its conclusion, show how carefully the writer has thought out and studied his subject in its various manifestations in many various minds, and illustrate very forcibly how much reading goes to a very small amount of space in anything worth the name of ‘Dictionary of Theology.’ We trust most sincerely that the book may be largely used. For a present to a clergyman on his ordination, or from a parishioner to his pastor, it would be most appropriate. It may indeed be called ‘a box of tools for a working clergyman.’_”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.

“_Seldom has an English work of equal magnitude been so permeated with Catholic instincts, and at the same time seldom has a work on theology been kept so free from the drift of rhetorical incrustation. Of course it is not meant that all these remarks apply in their full extent to every article. In a great Dictionary there are compositions, as in a great house there are vessels, of various kinds. Some of these at a future day may be replaced by others more substantial in their build, more proportionate in their outline, and more elaborate in their detail. But admitting all this, the whole remains a home to which the student will constantly recur, sure to find spacious chambers, substantial furniture, and (which is most important) no stinted light._”――CHURCH REVIEW.

“_The second and final instalment of Mr. Blunt’s useful Dictionary, itself but a part of a more comprehensive plan, is now before the public, and fully sustains the mainly favourable impression created by the appearance of the first part. Within the sphere it has marked out for itself, no equally useful book of reference exists in English for the elucidation of theological problems.... Entries which display much care, research, and judgment in compilation, and which will make the task of the parish priest who is brought face to face with any of the practical questions which they involve far easier than has been hitherto. The very fact that the utterances are here and there somewhat more guarded and hesitating than quite accords with our judgment, is a gain in so far as it protects the work from the charge of inculcating extreme views, and will thus secure its admission in many places where moderation is accounted the crowning grace._”――CHURCH TIMES.

“_The writers who are at work on it are scholars and theologians, and earnest defenders of the Christian faith. They evidently hold fast the fundamental doctrines of Christianity, and have the religious instruction of the rising ministry at heart. Moreover, their scheme is a noble one; it does credit not only to their learning and zeal, but also to their tact and discretion._”――LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW.

“_Infinitely the best book of the kind in the language; and, if not the best conceivable, it is perhaps the best we are ever likely to see within its compass as to size and scope. Accurate and succinct in statement, it may safely be trusted as a handbook as regards facts, while in our judgment, this second part still maintains the character we gave the first, namely, of showing most ability in its way of treating the more abstract and metaphysical side of theological questions. The liturgical articles also in this part deserve especial mention. The book is sure to make its own way by sheer force of usefulness._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.

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