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Page 169
... considered , expressions of sympathy for Roman Catholicism are relatively few - much fewer and less pronounced than in the pages of Boswell . It is also true that none of Johnson's other biographers par- ticularly stressed his Catholic ...
... considered , expressions of sympathy for Roman Catholicism are relatively few - much fewer and less pronounced than in the pages of Boswell . It is also true that none of Johnson's other biographers par- ticularly stressed his Catholic ...
Page 171
... considered it above reason , but rather in accord with reason , was the ex- istence of a middle state between heaven and hell . When Bos- well asked about the Roman Catholic doctrine of purgatory , he replied : " Why , Sir , it is a ...
... considered it above reason , but rather in accord with reason , was the ex- istence of a middle state between heaven and hell . When Bos- well asked about the Roman Catholic doctrine of purgatory , he replied : " Why , Sir , it is a ...
Page 177
... considered as above rea- son . Some might accuse him of being inconsistent in not rec- onciling these two spheres , in accepting certain mysteries as above reason and rejecting others on a basis of abstract reason or on empirical ...
... considered as above rea- son . Some might accuse him of being inconsistent in not rec- onciling these two spheres , in accepting certain mysteries as above reason and rejecting others on a basis of abstract reason or on empirical ...
Contents
Johnson and William Law | 3 |
Johnson and Samuel Clarke | 27 |
The Atonement | 46 |
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