| Show OG ENCYCLOPEDIA l The publication by the Funk and company compa Mew York of a Ii anew new edition odillon of the Ency Encyclopedia Enc pf knowledge Isan important event In the world of th olo gy g lh work will be complete In twelve volumes the tha first of ot which has now IIO Its appearance This encyclopedia enc first appeared in Germany und and was edited by b u a famous church historian hl torian of that country The Tho Gorman work was wn adapted to tn the tha American public and the publishers named it tho encyclopedia dIn dia utter after the American und and Gorman German editors Th New encyclopedia enc Is a Ii reconstruction of oC tho tha great work familiar liar lIa to III theological students stu in both hemispheres s It Is in III MOm Instances os condensed ed and I 11 1 brought up to date and some notable additions are aro made while it follows the general plan llan of tho old work wor This encyclopedia endeavors endea 01 to pro PI sent ent the principal themes of theology theolog from nn nil entirely lr Impartial point of at view It gives Ele the leading data d a In the tho history of denominations as oU 11 as important biographies It is I in one word an Inexhaustible fountain of ot theological knowledge a work wort which wI eh every student of ecclesiastical history and doctrine will find of inestimable In service To give gt some idea of tho plan and scope of ot this Important work a few tew ex bYbe bp useful Speaking SP akl g p our p human roco t In cI tt of It Is la to seo Show place fori s ii ss Th unit of therace He raci il 1181 also and is D It 1111 t H y or rl r on the other 1 lIt of man butha from li of the h n lcd 1 1 fp Jec up ia IY lie Iio nic The lId est Greek nt pc I JIM j is 3 hc jIS to to touch It and ho Jh In 1111 the n Cc J Its head UI HI 3 x I 3 e n nS S j ri l II I c r 82 pilsen cn holdst h that tl t man c u Ib u liberty 1 e n In li a pre l l let ept et state In A s of all ills cle Contra C lir m GI g r of Nyssa a d Chr o d iI fin In i U tall fail Cy Ambrose Al bl se nd represent the al standpoint Pela lUl sl In Ad l a bad 1 ad example exa ls es nd a PoJ similarly th t tsin sin sl c merely h a ns ol the U J Hood but bilt this point IJ In since It was t ii In Adam the thera ra i h j jA A Very Iy Instructive article Is found on the t o c Council at at Jerusalem Jeru In tho mu Bl 51 or 52 of j our era This artl lq states the occasion for f l the Council l and the tho l s adopted nd pt d and ex what at sight Ight seems sens to be bu a n contradiction ont between tie t iI accounts lLe In lIw Acts Aco mill the Letter Lett r to o the Gala Under Uncle the of Baptism Ba sub subject J cl In lit very UI fully tull discussed and the on both sides are aro On tho origin of Infant baptism the th au nu author thor thol that no time be as for 1 the beginning be of the und Ills his deduction is that It must Inus b j nf of origin but 10 jo points out opposed it Cyprian an In hi Ihl h third century defended nd d It Hit Hu t must be admitted that adult was the rulo und and Infant baptism thu exception In II tho apostolic aposto ao und not until tho fifth whon holl tho church was 11 tha tM umpire was as infant bap baptism baptism general i III tho article on Baptism for tor the tho Dead Delu Ux II following Interpretation of tit well known vorse orso I Cor Go I v 29 Is it 11 probably consisted ted In the the vicarious baptism of a Christian c lian for Q a t Catechumen who had died un tho latter latt b thereby ac accounted counted d as baptized and received re Into bliss I Other Interpretations aro al 3 also ui o slim This gives un IW Idea of ot tho nature of 1111 this Important work Jn In some somo instances yc e tin th tendency toward the th lim t higher criticism U If II 11 I pronounced than d by bytho b tho results attained along ILl on that line of research I This Is ls very ely in tho article on Oil Abraham for Instance In und many others But It is nevertheless I a Co whole library ot religious knowledge Invaluable as a IL work worl ot or reference I I |
