Download or read book Silanus the Christian written by Edwin Abbott Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An autobiography of an imaginary character ... who in the second year of Hadrian (A.D. 118) becomes a hearer of Epictetus and a Christian convert"--Preface.
Download or read book Silanus the Christian written by Edwin A. Abbott and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1906 Edition.
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Download or read book Silanus the Christian written by Edwin Abbott and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-24 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A book of absorbing interest and deep religious significance....A study in spiritual conversion which recalls 'Philochristus' both in the chaste beauty of its language and a restrained dramatic power....The expression of genuine difficulties - difficulties both critical and religious, which are presenting themselves again in a very similar form to the modern mind. It is one of the chief merits of Dr. Abbott's able and stimulating book that, while it does not ignore these difficulties or treat them as foolish or unreal, it exhibits them in their true religious perspective, as belonging to the fringe rather than the essential revelation of the Gospels." -Manchester Guardian "Interesting on account of the literary skill with which he presents innumerable points of exposition and criticism, and on account, too, of the beauty and strength of many of its passages." -Athenaeum "Many nowadays are seeking a way to discard what is called the miraculous element in Christianity and yet to retain its essential doctrines of God's fatherhood, the divinity of Christ and his spiritual presence with his Church. Such an attempt is made by Edwin A. Abbott in 'Silanus the Christian,' which is at once an historical romance of the second century and an exposition of the author's own opinions in regard to the essence of the Christian faith....Little or nothing is attempted in the way of local color, and the interest of the story is almost exclusively philosophical. By securing this detachment from modern conditions the author is able to make his points effective and in a true historical connection....The book may be commended for its clarity and grasp of the relations of thought." -The Congregationalist and Christian World "A deeply interesting theological book in the form of a story....Dr. Abbott contrives, with real dramatic ability, to make it appear natural that all his characters should be for the time being completely obsessed by their subject....The gist of its teaching...is summed up in the words of Clemens, 'It has been said that the religion of the Christians is a person - and nothing more. I should prefer to say the same thing differently. Our religion is a person - and nothing less.'" -The Spectator "The book is an able and delightful one. We know nothing so vivid and so good on Epictetus....The strength and the weakness of the character and system of that wonderful teacher are set forth with unrivaled power and with graphic simplicity. So also is the teaching of the New Testament in some of its aspects....We appreciate the scholarship, the literary art, the high character, and the reverence of the book." -Aberdeen Free Press "The form of fiction which Dr. Abbott employs undoubtedly adds a lively force of persuasion and reality to the highly critical and even technical arguments with which his study abounds....Valuable...as a contribution to the criticism of the doctrines and ethics of Stoic and Christian." -Outlook "No one with any sympathy for the subject will read this book without feeling its charm and appreciating its strong and fresh presentation not only for the spiritual teaching of Jesus, but of the doctrine of Epictetus." -Glasgow Herald "The impress of genius is everywhere manifest....A noble book, and one which we venture to think will afford relief to those who are staggered with the idea of the supernatural." -Baptist Times "An exceedingly interesting study of psychology illustrating the history of thought in the time of Jesus." -Birmingham Daily Post
Download or read book Silanus the Christian written by Edwin Abbot and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.
Download or read book Silanus the Christian Classic Reprint written by Edwin A. Abbott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-23 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Silanus the Christian The belief is commonly supposed to be rendered impossible by the disbelief. This book is written to shew that there is no such impossibility. 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.
Download or read book SILANUS THE CHRISTIAN written by Edwin Abbott 1838-1926 Abbott and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Silanus the Christian written by Edwin Abbott Abbott and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-11 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Silanus the Christian by Edwin A Abbot written by Edwin A. Abbot and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Silanus the Christian written by Edwin Abbott Abbott and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I forbid you to go into the senate-house." "As long as I am a senator, go I must." Two voices were speaking from one person-the first, pompous, coarse, despotic; the second, refined, dry, austere. There was nothing that approached stage-acting-only a suggestion of one man swelling out with authority, and of another straightening up his back in resistance. These were the first words that I heard from Epictetus, as I crept late into the lecture-room, tired with a long journey over-night into Nicopolis. I need not have feared to attract attention. All eyes were fixed on the lecturer as I stole into a place near the door, next my friend Arrian, who was absorbed in his notes. What was it all about? In answer to my look of inquiry Arrian pushed me his last sheet with the names "Vespasian" and "Helvidius Priscus" scrawled large upon it. Then I knew what it meant. It was a story now nearly forty years old-which I had often heard from my father's old friend, Æmilius Scaurus-illustrating the duty of obeying the voice of the conscience rather than the voice of a king. Epictetus, after his manner, was throwing it into the form of a dialogue
Download or read book Silanus the Christian Primary Source Edition written by Edwin A. Abbott and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Download or read book Silanus the Christian written by Edwin Abbott Abbott and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edwin Abbott Abbott FBA (20 December 1838 - 12 October 1926) was an English schoolmaster, theologian, and Anglican priest, best known as the author of the novella Flatland (1884). BiographyEdwin Abbott Abbott was the eldest son of Edwin Abbott (1808-1882), headmaster of the Philological School, Marylebone, and his wife, Jane Abbott (1806-1882). His parents were first cousins.He was educated at the City of London School and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he took the highest honours of his class in classics, mathematics and theology, and became a fellow of his college. In particular, he was 1st Smith's prizeman in 1861.In 1862 he took orders. After holding masterships at King Edward's School, Birmingham, he succeeded G. F. Mortimer as headmaster of the City of London School in 1865, at the early age of 26. There, he oversaw the education of future Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. Abbott was Hulsean lecturer in 1876.He retired in 1889, and devoted himself to literary and theological pursuits. Abbott's liberal inclinations in theology were prominent both in his educational views and in his books. His Shakespearian Grammar (1870) is a permanent contribution to English philology. In 1885, he published a life of Francis Bacon. His theological writings include three anonymously published religious romances - Philochristus (1878), where he tried to raise interest in Gospels reading, Onesimus (1882), and Silanus the Christian (1908).More weighty contributions are the anonymous theological discussion The Kernel and the Husk (1886), Philomythus (1891), his book The Anglican Career of Cardinal Newman (1892), and his article "The Gospels" in the ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, embodying a critical view which caused considerable stir in the English theological world. He also wrote St Thomas of Canterbury, his Death and Miracles (1898), Johannine Vocabulary (1905), Johannine Grammar (1906).Abbott also wrote educational text books, one being "Via Latina: First Latin Book" which was published in 1898 and distributed around the world within the education system.
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Download or read book Philochristus Memoirs of a Disciple of the Lord written by Edwin A. Abbott and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philochristus by Edwin A. Abbott is a fictional memoir of the life of Jesus Christ and a heavily researched essay on the works of historians, Jewish writings, and Scripture. Excerpt: "Forasmuch as almost all those disciples who with me saw the Lord Jesus in the flesh, are now fallen asleep, and I am well stricken in years and daily expect the summons of the Lord; it hath therefore seemed good to me to bequeath unto you some memorial of Christ in writing; which, instead of my voice, shall testify to you of him forever. All the more need seemeth thereof because the Lord delayeth his coming."
Download or read book Flatland written by Edwin A. Abbott and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novel. Written pseudonymously by "A Square", the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on the hierarchy of Victorian culture, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions. The story describes a two-dimensional world occupied by geometric figures, whereof women are simple line-segments, while men are polygons with various numbers of sides. The narrator is a square named A Square, a member of the caste of gentlemen and professionals, who guides the readers through some of the implications of life in two dimensions. Flatland has often been categorized as science fiction although it could more precisely be called "mathematical fiction". With the advent of modern science fiction from the 1950s to the present day, Flatland has seen a revival in popularity, especially among science fiction and cyberpunk fans. Many works have been inspired by the novella, including novel sequels and short films.
Download or read book Philochristus Memoirs of a Disciple of the Lord written by Edwin Abbott Abbott and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Philochristus " by Edwin Abbott Abbott is a memoir of one of the many followers of Jesus Christ, but it is the subject of ongoing research into Christ's time, including works by historians, and Jewish writings (for example the Talmud), and the holy books. Excerpt: " My former name was Joseph the son of Simeon, and I was born in Sepphoris, the metropolis of Galilee, in the twentieth year of the reign of the Emperor Augustus, about four years before the death of King Herod. In those days Israel was grievously afflicted, and tribulation befell the righteous. Satan put it into the heart of the rulers of the land to move the people to the worship of false gods, and the Lord God had not yet raised up a Redeemer for Israel."
Download or read book The Historical Jesus and the Literary Imagination 1860 1920 written by Jennifer Stevens and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform (www. oapen. org). Fictional reconstructions of the Gospels continue to find a place in contemporary literature and in the popular imagination. Present day writers of New Testament fiction and drama are usually considered as part of a tradition formed by mid-to-late-twentieth-century authors such as Robert Graves, Nikos Kazantzakis and Anthony Burgess. This book looks back further to the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, when the templates of the majority of today's Gospel fictions and dramas were set down. In doing so, it examines the extent to which significant works of biblical scholarship both influenced and inspired literary works. Focusing on writers such as Oscar Wilde, George Moore and Marie Corelli, this timely new addition to the English Association Monographs series will be essential reading for scholars working at the intersection of literature and theology.
