 | 1860 - 404 páginas
...general wreck,' such had been its final axiom. The ' Imitation of Christ' begins in self—terminates in self. The simple exemplary sentence, ' He went...the Mediaeval, of Monastic, of Latin Christianity 1 ." I think that every one who has read the ' Imitation' must allow that there is a certain amount... | |
 | Henry Hart Milman - 1880 - 576 páginas
...the first vital principles of the Christian faith. Christianity, to be herself again, must not mereIj shake off indignantly the barbarism, the vices, but...different forms, but it rarely, if ever, renews its youth.1 Hardly more than half a century contains all that is of the highest order in Latin poetry •... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1885 - 766 páginas
...,sple, single,,. exclusive object is the purification, the elevation of the individual soul. . . . The simple exemplary sentence, ' He went about doing...barbarism, the vices, but even the virtues, of the Medieval, of Monastic, of Latin Christianity." Milman, vol. ir. pp. 160 f. The passage is too long... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1885 - 764 páginas
...Its sole, single, exclusive object is the purification, the elevation of the individual soul. . . . The simple exemplary sentence, ' He went about doing...barbarism, the vices, but even the virtues, of the Medieval, of Monastic, of Latin Christianity." Milman, vol. ix. pp. 160 f. The passage is too long... | |
 | Henry Hart Milman - 1889 - 1150 páginas
...civilizer of the world. "Let the world perish, so the single soul can escape on its solitary plank from the general wreck," such had been its final axiom. The...treasures of Latin poetry? Poetry, as in Greece, may hare its distinct epochs in different forms, bnt it rarely, if ever, renews its youth.1 Hardly more... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1892 - 778 páginas
...Its sole, single, exclusive object is the purification, the elevation of the individual soul. . . . The simple exemplary sentence, ' He went about doing...barbarism, the vices, but even the virtues, of the Medieval, of Monastic, of Latin Christianity." Milman, vol. ix. pp. 160 f. The passage is too long... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1899 - 752 páginas
...Its sole, single, exclusive object is the purification, the elevation of the individual soul. . . . The simple exemplary sentence, ' He went about doing...barbarism, the vices, but even the virtues, of the Medieval, of Monastic, of Latin Christianity." Miltnan, vol. ix. pp. 160 f. The passage is too long... | |
 | James Edward Geoffrey De Montmorency - 1906 - 406 páginas
...distinguishes Christ's religion — the Love of Man — is entirely and absolutely left out. . . . The 'Imitation of Christ' begins in self — terminates...the Mediaeval, of Monastic, of Latin, Christianity." l Such a criticism will be read with absolute amazement by anyone who has considered fairly and with... | |
 | 1908 - 876 páginas
...principles of the Christian faith. Christianity to be herself must shake off indignantly, not only the barbarism, the vices, but even the virtues of...the Mediaeval, of Monastic, of Latin Christianity." The novelist Thackeray wrote in a somewhat similar strain, with similar shallowness of view: "The scheme... | |
 | 1908 - 1476 páginas
...principles of the Christian faith. Christianity to be herself must shake off indignantly, not only the barbarism, the vices, but even the virtues of...the Mediaeval, of Monastic, of Latin Christianity." The novelist Thackeray wrote in a somewhat similar strain, with similar shallowness of view: "The scheme... | |
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The simple exemplary sentence, " He went about doing good," is wanting in the monastic gospel of this pious zealot. Of feeding the hungry, of clothing the naked, of visiting the prisoner, even of preaching, there is profound, total silence. The world... 
