The Religion of Our Literature: Essays Upon Thomas Carlyle, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, Including Criticisms Upon the Theology of George Eliot, George MacDonald, and Robertson of Brighton (Classic Reprint) by George McCrie (Paperback / softback, 2015)
Excerpt from The Religion of Our Literature: Essays Upon Thomas Carlyle, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, Including Criticisms Upon the Theology of George Eliot, George Macdonald, and Robertson of Brighton Literature in the centuries that went before the Reformation, did an essential service in preparing the way for it. The poet and the litterateur being universally allowed a very great license, even an intolerant priesthood suffered them to speak out the truth, and, despising probably any opposition which came from that quarter, was doomed to find that genius and imagination form the mightiest influence of all. The same considerations that made literature an admirable herald of the Bible and of the Reformation, render it a dangerous pioneer of doctrine that is likely to overthrow them both. The false in religion, as well as the true, will make appearance first in our literature. When advocated there it makes rapid progress, because it excites alarm, and because sound theologians are smiling at the flimsiness of the argument, while they forget the fascination by which it is recommended. Infidelity is making rapid strides in our literature, under the plausible disguise of a new Christianity. According to the system w adopted by it, miracles are either discarded altogether or are considered of value as evidence in this remote age of ours. For the same reason it is deemed impossible to establish the historical truth of the Record. 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 techlogy 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.
