William Temple's Philosophy of History
William Temple's interpretation of history is based upon three presuppositions which give history its meaning; (1) God creates and gives purpose to history. (2) Jesus Christ is the guide and point of reference for all history. In him is its redemption out of the conflict of good and evil. (3) T...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1968
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Historical magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church
Year: 1968, Volume: 37, Issue: 2, Pages: 87-104 |
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| Summary: | William Temple's interpretation of history is based upon three presuppositions which give history its meaning; (1) God creates and gives purpose to history. (2) Jesus Christ is the guide and point of reference for all history. In him is its redemption out of the conflict of good and evil. (3) The kingdom of God is the focus and goal of history. As a goal it involves man's hope to share in eternity. Eternity is the focal point in our understanding due to the peculiar nature of history which is to say that at least a part of the meaning of history is in the process itself. Therefore meaning can only be known from some point above history; e.g., eternity. "As we must regard history in the light of eternity, so we must conceive eternity in the light of history. History and eternity must be so conceived as to interpret each other."48 |
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| ISSN: | 2377-5289 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Historical magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church
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