Ferencz József: Párhuzam hazánk és egyházunk története között (Kolozsvár, 1896)

17 too: so there are a great many in other churches who, partly or in general accept Unitarian ideas and thoughts. I only call your attention to one or two more important points of theological questions. I bowe before the religious conviction of others with reverence, but I hardly believe that 3 X 1 n°t three, but one. I am not surprised that not only men of scientific theology, but poets and authors also often use the expression, relating to Christ, namely, ”God-man“ ; for I am convinced, that by this term they do not mean anything else, than we mean and accept, i. e. that Christ was a divine man. And does not the majority of people think God better, than to suppose of him, that He, the loving Father sponteniously should have chosen and sentenced some to eternal punishment if there be any, and think that the dogma of eternal punish­ment agrees with the words of the Holy-Scripture that God ’’willeth that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.“ I. Timothy II. 3, 4-In general do we not experience from day-to-day, that truth is spreading more and more, that it is impossible to shut up Christianity in such boundaries of faith; do we not see every day, that the essence of religion is love: ’’Love to God and love to man“, and in whose bosom this love abideth and leads his life and acts accordingly, he is a good Christian and only he is a good Christian and a worthy disciple to Christ, who said himself: ”By this shall all men know that

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