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... interpretation . The Bible has always required interpretation . Who or what is to say the final word of authority ? The answers given have been various and con- flicting . Meanwhile two things of first importance have been taking place ...
... interpretation . The Bible has always required interpretation . Who or what is to say the final word of authority ? The answers given have been various and con- flicting . Meanwhile two things of first importance have been taking place ...
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... interpreted facts . Put together these observa- tions mean that " moral facts , " like all other kinds , easily become a subject of faulty interpretation . Morals are the abstracted " human " side of morality . II . MORALITY SET APART ...
... interpreted facts . Put together these observa- tions mean that " moral facts , " like all other kinds , easily become a subject of faulty interpretation . Morals are the abstracted " human " side of morality . II . MORALITY SET APART ...
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... interpretations of Jesus confronts us . Which of these are to be taken as authoritative in making a test ? And can ... Interpretation of Christian Ethics.21 At the outset , Niebuhr holds , a Christian ethics must differ- entiate itself ...
... interpretations of Jesus confronts us . Which of these are to be taken as authoritative in making a test ? And can ... Interpretation of Christian Ethics.21 At the outset , Niebuhr holds , a Christian ethics must differ- entiate itself ...
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A FAITH THAT LIVES | 1 |
FROM MORALS TO MORALITY | 20 |
MORALITY IS SOCIAL | 35 |
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