Christianity and Modern Civilization: Being Some Chapters in European History, with an Introductory Dialogue on the Philosophy of History (1903)

William Samuel Lilly

Christianity and Modern Civilization: Being Some Chapters in European History, with an Introductory Dialogue on the Philosophy of History (1903)
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing
Country
United States
Published
1 June 2008
Pages
392
ISBN
9781436536677

Christianity and Modern Civilization: Being Some Chapters in European History, with an Introductory Dialogue on the Philosophy of History (1903)

William Samuel Lilly

Contents CHAPTER PAGE WHAT CAN HISTORY EACH US . . X 11. THE AGE OF THE MARTYRS … . 88 IV. Trra TURNING-POINT OF THE MIDDLE AGES … 162 V. THE AGE OF FAITH … ., .144 VI. THE IKQUISITION … . . 297 VII. HOT-Y M ATRI IONY . m - … 335 INDEX . . - . 359 Summary WHAT CAN ElISTORY TEACH US Cananythingbemadeofhistory … … . Imperfect and fragmentary as our knowledge of the past is, the general facts stand out clearly … … . The question is, whether what me know of mans past career, can teach us any moral lesson. Our ignorance of the great world order is beside that question … … . Every historian is more or less of a philosopher . . - . The macrocosm must be interpreted by the microcosm history must be viewed in the light of primary ethical truths . . St. Augustine and Bossuets synthesis is imperfect…

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