Christianity

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Christianity. See also Christian church, early; churches; fellowship of believers; religion; Roman Catholic Church
church hibernated in European dark ages (195:4sec)
church is larval stage of thwarted spiritual kingdom (170:5.21)
futile to talk about revival of primitive C. (195:10.1)
influence on Buddhism, Hinduism (94:9.3) (94:4.1)
living Jesus is only hope of unification (195:10.11,16)
missionaries of. See missionaries
nominal acceptance by New Zealand tribe (92:2.5)
Pauline version of life, teachings of Jesus (149:2.2) (195:0.18)
problem of C. (195:9sec)
promises salvation from sin (5:4.5-8)
Reformation disrupted unity of (92:5.15)
strengths
church is inevitable and useful social result of Jesus’ life (170:5.7,10)
founded upon fact of Michael’s bestowal (121:5.16)
gospel will emerge from C. to transform world (194:2.8)
greatest religion ever known (92:6.11,16) (194:4.6) (195:9.8)
Jesus has fostered C. as best exponent of his work (195:10.9)
one of greatest powers for good on earth (195:10.12)
recent relative rehabilitation (195:4.3-4)
religion of faith, hope, and charity (196:3.19)
river of truth running through the centuries (195:9.1)
willingly goes the first mile (195:10.5)
the future (195:10sec)
weaknesses
church is institutionalized to spiritual barrenness (195:3.9)
church is unconscious obstacle to real gospel (195:10.8)
ecclesiasticism incompatible with living faith (195:10.8)
emphasis upon struggle between soul and body (157:6.4)
error to regard marriage as a sacrament (83:8.1-4)
extemporized religion; operates in low gear (195:10.18)
fears exposure of unconsecrated fellowship? (196:1.2)
gospel of ransom to purchase man from devil (194:2.8)
has overlooked Joshua the human hero (92:7.12)
involvement in commerce and politics (195:10.13)
languishes for lack of new vision of Master’s life (195:9.2)
long since ceased to be religion of Jesus (98:7.11) (149:2.2)
ministry to the unfortunate from false sentiment (99:3.5)
miraculous interpretation of history (97:8.5-6)
mystic C. bordered on unreality; akin to pantheism (195:4.1)
neglects spiritual mission for social problems (195:9.4)
Occidentalized; non-Europeans look upon as strange (92:6.18) (94:4.1,10)
Old Testament incorporated into (74:8.12)
perpetuated myth of fiat creation (74:8.13)
prejudice against Jews inexcusable (175:2sec)
Remembrance Supper reduced to set formula (179:5.5)
sects are pitiful subdivision of believers, a weakness to Oriental peoples (170:5.20) (195:4.3) (195:10.7,15)
secular materialism (195:4.4-5) (195:8.3) (195:9.9-11)
should not require God-conscious men to reject their historic leadership (99:5.11)
sponsors Western social systems (99:3.1) (195:10.20-21)
teachings about women (149:2.9) (167:6.4)
well adapted to mores of white races (94:4.1,10) (98:7.11)

Cross-references

See missionaries
See also Christian church, early
See also churches
See also fellowship of believers
See also religion
See also Roman Catholic Church

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