Author: Kenneth Scott Latourette

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Compared with the thousands of years in which human life has been on this planet, Christianity is a recent development.

Compared with the thousands of years in which human life has been on this planet, Christianity is a recent development.

- Kenneth Scott Latourette

The prophets and the writers of the Psalms were clear that God was continuing to work in the universe and in all history. They declared that He had created the universe.

The prophets and the writers of the Psalms were clear that God was continuing to work in the universe and in all history. They declared that He had created the universe.

- Kenneth Scott Latourette

This means that to man God gave a degree of free will.

This means that to man God gave a degree of free will.

- Kenneth Scott Latourette

When contrasted with the much longer time that life has been present, the course of Christianity thus far is but a brief moment.

When contrasted with the much longer time that life has been present, the course of Christianity thus far is but a brief moment.

- Kenneth Scott Latourette

In the third century after Christ the faith continued to spread.

In the third century after Christ the faith continued to spread.

- Kenneth Scott Latourette

The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus - His incarnation, His life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection.

The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus - His incarnation, His life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection.

- Kenneth Scott Latourette

Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life.

Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life.

- Kenneth Scott Latourette

Hinduism's basic tenet is that many roads exist by which men have pursued and still pursue their quest for the truth and that none has universal validity.

Hinduism's basic tenet is that many roads exist by which men have pursued and still pursue their quest for the truth and that none has universal validity.

- Kenneth Scott Latourette

Religiously the Empire was pluralistic and marked by a search for a faith which would be satisfying intellectually and ethically and would give assurance of immortality.

Religiously the Empire was pluralistic and marked by a search for a faith which would be satisfying intellectually and ethically and would give assurance of immortality.

- Kenneth Scott Latourette

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