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Author: Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoi (count.)
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Author: Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Publisher: General Books
ISBN: 9781458950321
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Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: by the Church concerning belief in dogmas, observance of the sacraments, fast-days, prayers, I did not care; and precepts really founded on the teachings of Christ were wanting. Moreover, the precepts of the Church weakened, and sometimes even destroyed, that Christian state of mind which alone seemed to me to be the true aim of life. What perplexed me most of all was, that all the evil things that men do, such as condemning private individuals, whole nations, or other religions; and the inevitable results of these condemnations?executions and wars?were justified by the Church. I saw that the doctrine of Christ, which teaches us humility, tolerance, forgiveness, self-denial, and love, was extolled by the Church, but that at the same time she sanctioned what was incompatible with such teachings. Could the doctrine of Christ be thus weak and inconsistent ? That I could not believe. Besides, it had always perplexed me to find that the texts upon which the Church has grounded her dogmas are of an obscure character, whereas those which teach us how to live are the most simple and clear. While the dogmas, and the duties derived from them, are specified by the Church in the most forcible manner, the practice of the ' doctrine' is urged only in obscure, dim, and mystical expressions. Is it possible that this was what Christ desired for His teaching ? I could only find the solution of my doubts in the perusal of the Gospels, and I read them over and over again. Of all the Gospels, the Sermon on the Mount was theportion which impressed me most, and I studied it oftener than any other part. Nowhere else does Christ speak with such solemnity; nowhere else does He give us so many clear and intelligible moral precepts, which commend themselves to everyone. If there are any clear and...
Author: Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoi
Publisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781293667781
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Pages : 246
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Author: Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoi
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ISBN: 9781021241627
Category : History
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Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472116614
Category : Education
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