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The Principle of Protestantism as Related to the Present State of the Church grew out of Schaff's inaugural address delivered at Reading, Pennsylvania on October 25, 1844. This volume outlines the goals and intentions of Protestantism—both theologically and culturally—in the context of particular nineteenth century challenges. He describes the relationship of Protestantism to the Roman Catholic...

shine before his congregation, as a husband and a father. Monkery is abolished, and men are directed to exercise their virtue in the natural employments of life, and while standing and working in the world, to keep themselves unspotted from it. True at the same time, purely material interests, traffick and trade, industry and steam, and along with all this utilitarianism and selfism, have acquired an importance to which they are not entitled. For the spirit ought to reign over matter. But still,
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