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Liberal Religious Thought at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century; Addresses and Papers at the International Council of Unitarian and Other Liberal

Liberal Religious Thought at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century; Addresses and Papers at the International Council of Unitarian and Other Liberal

Bowie, William Copeland

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ISBN10: 1150678941
ISBN13: 9781150678943
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.17 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1901. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE LIBERAL MOVEMENT IN ITALY. BY THE REV. TONY ANDRE, FLORENCE. WHILE scientific religious studies, freed from the fetters of dogma, have--during the century just ended--made magnificent progress in Protestant countries, there are few questions which have been less in favour in Italy. Men are afraid of meddling with them, or do not conceive it possible to disturb what has been fixed by tradition. Not that independent minds have been entirely wanting: to affirm that would be to forget men like Mazzini, Aurelio Saffi, Terenzio Mamiani; but these eminent men have constituted a very small minority, drowned, so to say, in the great mass, and hardly in touch with it at any point I do not propose, however, to treat the subject historically, going back to the origin of the question; I confine myself to our contemporaries and to what is being done in our own day. I must say at the outset that it is difficult to speak of a 'movement' properly so-called, or at any rate the word must be taken in its most elastic sense; and, as everything is relative, we must call opinions 'liberal' which would not seem very liberal in Northern lands, but for Italy constitute a real progress as compared with the current, and often terribly narrow, ideas. I shall, however, point out to you several professors or authors of great worth, who do honour to their country, and are in perfect communion of thought with us. And if, on the other hand, I multiply names, it will be rather in order to win your interest and sympathy for some indications of progress that deserve encouragement. What matter if they are rich in promises for the future rather than productive at the present time! Everything must have a beginning; no one is better aware of this than you are. And, as I should like to give a ...

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