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A question which every author ought to ask of himself before he sends forth his work, and one which must occur to every thoughtful reader, is the inquiry, Cui bono?--what justification has one for treating the subject at all, and why in the particular way which he has chosen? To the pertinency of this question to the present treatise the author has been deeply sensible, and therefore cannot forbear a few prefatory words of explanation of his object and method. In accounts of the theistic argument, as in the history of philosophy in general, it has been customary to pass over a space of well-nigh ten. | The Basis of Early Christian Theism by 1 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V The Basis of Early Christian Theism by Lawrence Thomas Cole This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Basis of Early Christian Theism Author Lawrence Thomas Cole Release Date January 16 2008 EBook 24328 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK EARLY CHRISTIAN THEISM Produced by Fritz Ohrenschall Colin Bell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Transcriber s Notes Many printing errors particularly in the French and Greek have been corrected. The The Basis of Early Christian Theism by 2 inconsistent hyphenation of the word stand-point has been retained. Greek has been transliterated and placed inside . THE BASIS OF EARLY CHRISTIAN THEISM BY LAWRENCE THOMAS COLE A. M. S. T. B. Post-graduate Scholar of the Church University Board of Regents SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK May 1898 CONTENTS CHAPTER I Introduction 9 CHAPTER II Greek and Roman Theistic Arguments 14 CHAPTER III The Patristic Point of View 26 CHAPTER IV Patristic Use of the Theistic Arguments 38 CHAPTER V Eclectic Theism 55 Les preuves de Dieu métaphysiques sont si éloignées du raisonnement des hommes et si impliquées qu elles frappent peu et quand cela serviroit à quelques-uns ce ne seroit que pendant l instant qu ils voient cette démonstration mais une heure après ils craignent de s être trompés. Quod curiositate cognoverint superbiâ amiserunt. --Pensées de Pascal II xv. 2. CHAPTER I 3 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A question which every author ought to ask of himself before he sends forth his work and one which must .