Discussions, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Dr. Dabney was projected upon the following plan: The whole number of volumes will be four. Three of these, classified as Discussions Theological and Evangelical, Discussions Ecclesiastical, and Discussions on Philosophy Relating to Christianity, will be issued under the imprimatur of the church, and for which tlie church will stand responsible in the sense in wdiich it is responsible for other publications issued under its auspices. The church does not make itself responsible in any such wiitings for every particular error which may be expected in the works of fallible men; its responsibility is hmited to those statements which are in accord with the recognized creed of the church. So far as any statement of doctrine or theory of philosophy or inference in either sphere of theology or metaphysics is not in such accord, it is to be credited to the writer alone. The fourth volume of the series, Disciissions Secular, will be issued iiniform with the other three, but for this the church, of course, assumes no responsibility whatever. This fourth volume will contain papers of great historical and civil interest, and also a certain percentage of discussions which might have been introduced into the Ecclesiastical and Philosophic volumes. It will contain matter of universal interest to every class of readers. These papers are selected out of a mass of productions which would furnish perhaps more than one volume similar to those embraced in the present series. The aim has been to choose the best, so far as the discrimination could be made, and those bearing on issues now living in the discussions of the day. Those papers which handle the great permanent subjects of the Christian system will never lose their interest. The method in which these are dealt with in these discussions may safely be left to the judgment of all competent to appreciate them.
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