Author: Paulist FathersPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334989391
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Excerpt from The Catholic World, Vol. 61: A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science; April, 1895 to September, 1895 II. Inspiration extended to every sentence and statement in the primitive text. Are we, then, to conclude that inspiration begins and ends with the matter of the sacred volume? Is it concerned only with the thoughts, the ideas, the statements, and with nothing be yond? No, we are not to lay down a hard-and-fast rule, which admits of no exception. It seems to belong to the principal author to determine, in a general way, the specific form of the inspired message, whether it shall be in prose or in verse, in the shape of an epistle or a psalm or a dialogue or a narrative. Although inspiration per se does not require a set form of words, per accidens it may, when there is question of a mystery, such as the Blessed Trinity, which demands exact wording; or in pas sages in which the Holy Ghost intended to supply in after ages the precise words of dogmatic formulas; or again, where a mys tical meaning is superadded, or the form of a sacrament exactly prescribed. Of course, it is not always easy to determine, in particular, when the style was dictated word for word, and when it was not. In certain cases the connection between the thought and a set form of words may 'be necessary, in others it maybe only convenient, and in others still it may be altogether indifferent. 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.
