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The Relations Between Religion and Science Eight Lectures Preached Before the University of Oxford in the Year 1884 By: Frederick Temple (1821-1902) |
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EIGHT LECTURES
PREACHED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
IN THE YEAR 1884 ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE LATE REV. JOHN BAMPTON, M.A.
CANON OF SALISBURY BY THE RIGHT REV.
FREDERICK, LORD BISHOP OF EXETER London
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1903
First Edition , 8vo, 1884. Reprinted January and February (twice) , 1885, April , 1885; Re issue ( Crown 8vo), November , 1885, 1903. OXFORD: HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY
EXTRACT
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE LATE REV. JOHN BAMPTON, CANON OF SALISBURY.
"I give and bequeath my Lands and Estates to the Chancellor, Masters,
and Scholars of the University of Oxford for ever, to have and to hold
all and singular the said Lands or Estates upon trust, and to the
intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, I will and
appoint that the Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford for the
time being shall take and receive all the rents, issues, and profits
thereof, and (after all taxes, reparations, and necessary deductions
made) that he pay all the remainder to the endowment of eight Divinity
Lecture Sermons, to be established for ever in the said University, and
to be performed in the manner following: "I direct and appoint, that, upon the first Tuesday in Easter Term, a
Lecturer be yearly chosen by the Heads of Colleges only, and by no
others, in the room adjoining to the Printing House, between the hours
of ten in the morning and two in the afternoon, to preach eight Divinity
Lecture Sermons, the year following, at St. Mary's in Oxford, between
the commencement of the last month in Lent Term, and the end of the
third week in Act Term. "Also I direct and appoint, that the eight Divinity Lecture Sermons
shall be preached upon either of the following Subjects to confirm and
establish the Christian Faith, and to confute all heretics and
schismatics upon the divine authority of the holy Scriptures upon the
authority of the writings of the primitive Fathers, as to the faith and
practice of the primitive Church upon the Divinity of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ upon the Divinity of the Holy Ghost upon the
Articles of the Christian Faith, as comprehended in the Apostles' and
Nicene Creeds. "Also I direct, that thirty copies of the eight Divinity Lecture Sermons
shall be always printed, within two months after they are preached; and
one copy shall be given to the Chancellor of the University, and one
copy to the Head of every College, and one copy to the Mayor of the city
of Oxford, and one copy to be put into the Bodleian Library; and the
expenses of printing them shall be paid out of the revenue of the Land
or Estates given for establishing the Divinity Lecture Sermons; and the
preacher shall not be paid, nor be entitled to the revenue, before they
are printed. "Also I direct and appoint, that no person shall be qualified to preach
the Divinity Lecture Sermons, unless he hath taken the degree of Master
of Arts at least, in one of the two Universities of Oxford or Cambridge;
and that the same person shall never preach the Divinity Lecture Sermons
twice."
CONTENTS.
LECTURE I. THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF SCIENTIFIC BELIEF. Psalm civ. 24. O Lord, how manifold are Thy works: in wisdom hast Thou made them all;
the earth is full of Thy riches. The subject introduced: Scientific belief. Mathematics and Metaphysics
excluded. The Postulate of Science: the Uniformity of Nature. Hume's
account of it. Kant's account of it. Insufficiency of both accounts.
Science traced back to observation of the Human Will. The development of
Science from this origin. The increasing generality of the Postulate:
which nevertheless can never attain to universality. LECTURE II. THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF. Genesis i. 27. So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He
him. The voice within. The objection of the alleged relativity of knowledge.
Absolute knowledge of our own personal identity... Continue reading book >>
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