Proof-texts of Endless Punishment, Examined and Explained. by D. P. Livermore
Author: Daniel Parker Livermore
Publisher:
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781418154806
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Daniel Parker Livermore
Publisher:
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781418154806
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Daniel Parker Livermore
Publisher:
Published: 1862
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Daniel Parker Livermore
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781020698354
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In questo libro, Daniel Parker Livermore esamina le prove bibliche dell'esistenza di una punizione eterna per i peccatori e ne spiega il significato. Il libro ricostruisce la storia della teologia della punizione eterna, dal punto di vista delle varie denominazioni cristiane, e analizza le implicazioni morali e filosofiche di questa dottrina. Il libro rappresenta un contributo importante al dibattito teologico sulla punizione divina. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Daniel Parker Livermore
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-04-17
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780259313083
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Proof-Texts of Endless Punishment: Examined and Explained The object of this work is to assist the reader to a correct understanding of those controverted pas sages which are supposed to teach the doctrine of endless punishment. We have given the Bible a thorough examination, and are convinced that this doctrine finds no support in the sacred pages. It is of human origin. The best heathen writers admit that this doctrine was invented to frighten those who could not be restrained from vice by the punishments of this life! It was regarded by the heathen, as it now is by some professing Christians, as the most efficient motive to deter men from sin. Cicero, in his seventh oration, p. 207, says that It was on this account that the ancients invented those infernal punishments of the dead, to keep the wicked under some awe in this life, who without them, would have no dread of death itself. 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 technology 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.
Author: D. P. Livermore
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-03-25
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781530746392
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →FROM THE PREFACE. THE object of this work is to assist the reader to a correct understanding of those controverted passages which are supposed to teach the doctrine of endless punishment. We have given the Bible a thorough examination, and are convinced that this doctrine finds no support in the sacred pages. It is of human origin. The best heathen writers admit that this doctrine was INVENTED to frighten those who could not be restrained from vice by the punishments of this life! It was regarded by the heathen, as it now is by some professing Christians, as the most efficient motive to deter men from sin. Cicero, in his seventh oration, p. 207, says that "It was on this account that the ancients INVENTED those infernal punishments of the dead, to keep the wicked under some awe in this life, who without them, would have no dread of death itself." Polybius, who was a celebrated Greek historian, speaking upon this subject, says: "Since the multitude is ever fickle and capricious, full of lawless passions and irrational and violent resentments, there no way left to keep them in order, but by the terrors of future punishment, and all the pompous circumstances that attend such kind of FICTION! On which account the ancients acted, in my opinion, with great judgment and penetration, when they CONTRIVED to bring those notions of the gods and a future state, into the popular belief." Strabo, who was a Greek geographer and eminent philosopher, says: "It is impossible to govern women and the gross body of the people, and to keep them pious, holy and virtuous, by the precepts of philosophy. This can only be done by the fear of the gods, which is raised and supported by ancient fictions and modern prodigies." And again, he says, that "The apparatus of the ancient mythologies was an engine which the legislators employed as bugbears to strike a terror into the childish imagination of the multitude." Seneca says: "Those things which make the infernal regions terrible, the darkness, the prison, the river of flaming fire, the judgment seat, etc., are alia FABLE, with which the poets amuse themselves, and by them agitate us with VAIN TERRORS! It is here admitted that the doctrine of endless punishment was an "invention" of the heathen, a "fiction" and a "bugbear" contrived to deter those people from sin, who could not be influenced by the rewards and punishments of this life. The doctrine of endless punishment, then, being of purely heathen origin, has no claims upon our regard, any more than idolatry, and the belief of the ancient Jews in the transmigration of souls! It forms no part of divine revelation, and we reject it, because it is a pure fiction of the imagination.
Author: Daniel Parker Livermore
Publisher:
Published: 2013-11
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9781294301806
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author: D. P. Livermore
Publisher:
Published: 2020-04-29
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780371836132
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Author: Dp Livermore
Publisher: Palala Press
Published: 2016-05-22
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781358547553
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Daniel Parker Livermore
Publisher:
Published: 1864
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →