Biblical Inspiration and Christ (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Biblical Inspiration and Christ The church is not agreed as to the nature, extent and operations of Biblical inspiration. The discussions of the subject have produced a large crop of adjectives which are intended to serve as definitions. Out of the darkness occasionally comes a dogmatic thunder-clap announcing that this or that is indispensable to an orthodox conception of inspiration, but it is only thunder, and we are no better and no worse off than before. How Far Is Definition Possible? As to what inspiration is essentially, it is not likely that we can ever reach a definition, any more than we can reach a definition of life. The word "inspiration" tells us very little. It is merely inbreathing. It gives us no hint of the source or of the moral quality of that which is inbreathed. It may mean simply the imparting of the physical power of respiration. The meanings which are popularly assigned to it do not reside in the word, but attach to it through theological usage. It tells us that the inbreathed force, whatever it be, is imparted by God, and thus indicates its essential moral quality. This is all. 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.