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18th July 2005, 11:09 AM
This is the first of a series of threads that will study "The Fundamentals".
"The Fundamentals" was a series of volumes that were publised as a response to rising liberalism in christian doctrine. These volumes were sent free to Pastors, Sunday school teachers, missionaries and others. It was these volumes that solidified the fundamentalist movement.
"The Fundamentals" are not scripture. They are not inspired. We do not hold the volumes to be anywhere close to the importance that we hold the Holy Bible to be. Nonetheless we find that the volumes are valuable for study.
May God help us as we go forth.
Guidelines for posting in these threads:
If you are the first person to finish reading a chapter please feel free to start a thread on it. For continuity please follow the naming convention set forth in this thread as it will help us stay organized.
The first part of a post should be the same text as the title with a link to the text to be discussed. The text is freely available HERE. (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6528/fundcont.htm)
The first post on a chapter should give an overview of that chapter. Please reserve questions or comments for subsequent posts.
Anyone can ask questions re: the topic.
If you have not read the chapter mentioned in the title of the thread please do not answer questions regarding that chapter.
These threads are NOT for general debate. They are intended for study of the chapters. For the benefit of those that might read these threads in the future PLEASE stay on topic.
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Chapter 1. THE HISTORY OF THE HIGHER CRITICISM (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6528/fund1.htm)
Higher Criticism defined:
The term Higher Criticism, then, means nothing more than the study of the literary structure of the various books of the Bible, and more especially of the Old Testament.
In the early times those that were affiliated with the higher criticism of the bible were believers. They studies the Bible in order to show who wrote what - when it was written and the audience to which it was written.
At some time however the main critics were no longer people of faith that were interested in the truth of thire faith but persons that held the bible as fiction and set out with the supposition that the bible was false and began to critique it as such. These people were academics - not people of faith. They gained thier earthly authority from colleges and universities - not from the church. It is important to know that these people were considered literary experts not experts on christianity or judaism.
It was this criticism that led some to say that the bible was not the inspired word of God but at best it "contains the word of God".
The good rector Hague then goes on to describe the problems with the higher criticism and rebut some of the issues.
Those that have read this chapter please feel free to add to what I have here. Remember that anyone is allowed to ask questions (remember the general forum rules) but I do ask that only those that have read Chapter 1 answer questions.
"The Fundamentals" was a series of volumes that were publised as a response to rising liberalism in christian doctrine. These volumes were sent free to Pastors, Sunday school teachers, missionaries and others. It was these volumes that solidified the fundamentalist movement.
"The Fundamentals" are not scripture. They are not inspired. We do not hold the volumes to be anywhere close to the importance that we hold the Holy Bible to be. Nonetheless we find that the volumes are valuable for study.
May God help us as we go forth.
Guidelines for posting in these threads:
If you are the first person to finish reading a chapter please feel free to start a thread on it. For continuity please follow the naming convention set forth in this thread as it will help us stay organized.
The first part of a post should be the same text as the title with a link to the text to be discussed. The text is freely available HERE. (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6528/fundcont.htm)
The first post on a chapter should give an overview of that chapter. Please reserve questions or comments for subsequent posts.
Anyone can ask questions re: the topic.
If you have not read the chapter mentioned in the title of the thread please do not answer questions regarding that chapter.
These threads are NOT for general debate. They are intended for study of the chapters. For the benefit of those that might read these threads in the future PLEASE stay on topic.
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Chapter 1. THE HISTORY OF THE HIGHER CRITICISM (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6528/fund1.htm)
Higher Criticism defined:
The term Higher Criticism, then, means nothing more than the study of the literary structure of the various books of the Bible, and more especially of the Old Testament.
In the early times those that were affiliated with the higher criticism of the bible were believers. They studies the Bible in order to show who wrote what - when it was written and the audience to which it was written.
At some time however the main critics were no longer people of faith that were interested in the truth of thire faith but persons that held the bible as fiction and set out with the supposition that the bible was false and began to critique it as such. These people were academics - not people of faith. They gained thier earthly authority from colleges and universities - not from the church. It is important to know that these people were considered literary experts not experts on christianity or judaism.
It was this criticism that led some to say that the bible was not the inspired word of God but at best it "contains the word of God".
The good rector Hague then goes on to describe the problems with the higher criticism and rebut some of the issues.
Those that have read this chapter please feel free to add to what I have here. Remember that anyone is allowed to ask questions (remember the general forum rules) but I do ask that only those that have read Chapter 1 answer questions.