Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X. MODERN DISCOVERIES IN NATURAL SCIENCE ARE NOT, AND CANNOT BE, IN CONTRADICTION WITH REVELATION. I. As amongst the objections placing natural Science in antagonism with Revelation, there are some which relate to the origin of the world, of man, and of his original state, I consider it my duty to give some hints about a few of them. But first it must be admitted by all parties as an undeniable principle, that true Science and Divine Revelation cannot be contradictory. For the Eternal Infallible Truth being the acknowledged Author both of our reason and of Revelation, no contradiction can exist between them; otherwise it would follow that God is in contradiction with Himself, which is an impossible supposition, destroying the idea of an Infallible Being. Hence it follows that the contradictions supposed to exist between natural Science and Revelation must be derived from false and untenable opinions, either on the side of the supporters of natural science, or on the side of interpreters of the books of Revelation. For instance, when a proposition is asserted as an undisputed physical truth in natural science, which is in fact a mere supposition and theory of old or recent writers, and from such a supposition, although not proved, they argue against the assertions of the Bible; or, on the other hand, when the books of Revelation are supposed to state or deny what they by no means state or deny about facts established in natural science. These two excesses have often been a source of bitter disagreement injurious alike to religion and natural science. II. On this account I think that I do not err in concluding that-writers on natural science and private theologians ought to be exceedingly cautious before asserting, as from the tripod of Apollo, eith...
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