The Ascent Through Christ

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Excerpt from The Ascent Through Christ: A Study of the Doctrine of Redemption in the Light of the Theory of EvolutionNor yet an attempt to reconstruct the whole contents of the Christian Faith on an Evolutionary basis. It is, as the sub-title suggests, a study of certain Spiritual facts, which cluster round the Mystery of Divine Redemption, viewed in the light of that great principle of Development which has taken posses sion of the mind of to-day, and which seems destined, in its broader aspects, permanently to affect human thought in all its departments. These facts are, Sin and its correlative theory of the Fall of Man, the Person of Christ, His atoning death and Resur rection, and the New Life in Him, which embodies the highest moral and spiritual evolution of human character, and which is the Christian's surest ground for believing in a blessed Immortality, together with such subsidiary problems as radiate from these focal centres. This definitive statement as regards the purpose of this book will enable the reader to under.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.