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Excerpt from The Presbyterian and Reformed Review: October, 1897 A purely ethical Christianity assumes, as we might expect (for error is protean), different forms. In its most extreme, but perhaps also most consistent form, Jesus Christ is simply a man, but a man wholly filled with the sense of God, absolutely one in feeling and will with God. His existence as an actual conscious being commenced at His birth in Bethlehem, not sooner. His preexist ence accordingly, except as an idea in the divine mind, is denied, as having no warrant in the gospel; and His resurrection from the dead, as an actual objective fact, is also, though less positively, set aside. His divinity (for the word is still used) is made to consist in the absolute perfection of His humanity - a humanitv so unique and perfect that it embodies and mirrors with absolute truth the moral attributes of god, 'his purity, His justice, above all, His love and mercy. The saving work of Christ consists in His revelation of God, -his revelation of Him especially as Father, and as universal Father. This revelation is made in His teaching, in His life so full of a divine pity, and most impressively of all596 the presbyterian and reformed review. 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.