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Writings on religion

Topics discussed in this text include: theology, its sources, and the pragmatics of assent; morality and religion; "Of Ethick in General"; inspiration, revelation, scripture, and faith; "immediate inspiration"; "scriptura sacra"; fall and redemption; and "Peccatum originale 92".
Print Book, English, 2002
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 2002
LVII, 290 p. ; 22 cm
9780199243419, 9780199243426, 0199243417, 0199243425
912201248
Preface; Chronology of the Life and Times of John Locke; Introduction; 1. Theology, its sources, and the Pragmatics of Assent; 2. Morality and Religion; 'Of Ethick in General'; 'Ethica 92'; 'Sacerdos 98'; 3. 'Adversaria Theologica 94'; 4. Inspiration, Revelation, Scripture, and Faith; 'Immediate Inspiration'; 'Scriptura Sacra'; A Discourse of Miracles; 'An Essay for the Understanding of St Paul's Epistles by Consulting St Paul himself; 5. The Nature and Authority of the Church; 'Infallibility'; 'Critical Notes Upon Edward Stillingfleet's Mischief and Unreasonableness of Separation - Extracts; 'Ecclesia'; 'Error 98'; 6. The Reasonableness of Christianity; The Reasonableness of Christianity as delivered in the Scriptures; A Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity &c; 7. Fall and Redemption; 'Peccatum originale 92'; 'Homo ante et post lapsus'; 'Resurrection et quae sequitur'; 'On the Priesthood of Christ: Analysis of Hebrews'; 'Christianae Religionis Synopsis'; Appendix: A list of theological place in An Essay concerning Human; UNDERSTANDING; Notes, Bibliography, Index