Father Tyrrell's Lex Orandi was an attempt to vindicate the Christian faith before a world disposed to make much of conduct and little of theology. Assuming that when the beliefs expressed in a creed, constantly and universally tend to promote the religious development of the race and the individual, they may fairly be considered as representative of spiritual realities, he drew attention to the theoretical and practical efficacy of the Christian revelation for the perfecting of moral conduct; and justified the notion? ...
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Father Tyrrell's Lex Orandi was an attempt to vindicate the Christian faith before a world disposed to make much of conduct and little of theology. Assuming that when the beliefs expressed in a creed, constantly and universally tend to promote the religious development of the race and the individual, they may fairly be considered as representative of spiritual realities, he drew attention to the theoretical and practical efficacy of the Christian revelation for the perfecting of moral conduct; and justified the notion? and views underlying Catholic dogmatic formularies on the ground that they have shown themselves to be seeds of true holiness and have provided nourishment which seems indispensable for the maintaining of that attitude toward life which is commonly known as "Christian." In treating of the connection between dogma and spiritual development, Lex Orandi assumed that the term "spirit of Christ" had a value familiar to all, or at least easily determinable. For the proper enlightment of the reader however, it was necessary to attempt an explanation and more exact description of this concept. Such an explanation is attempted in Lex Credendi . Devotional rather than theological in character, it touches on points more fundamental than those considered in the earlier work, the assimilation of Christ's spirit being a more vital process than the defense of particular articles of faith. Far above all other questions in importance is this: "Have I the spirit of Christ?" If that can be answered affirmatively, then the soul is safe, no matter what confusion may occur in tilings of the intellect: for to have put on the spirit of Christ is to be in a condition essentially incompatible with anything like real unfaith or formal sin. It is with a matter of tremendous import and of universal interest then, that Father Tyrrell is concerned in his latest work.... -- The New York Review , Volume 2
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