{"product_id":"the-net-of-faith-the-corruption-of-the-church-caused-by-its-fusion-and-confusion-with-temporal-power-paperback","title":"The Net of Faith: The Corruption of the Church, Caused by its Fusion and Confusion with Temporal Power - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Chelčický\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEnrico C. S. Molnár\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eTom Lock\u003c\/b\u003e (Transcribed by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Net of Faith\u003cbr\u003e The Corruption of the Church, Caused by its Fusion and Confusion with Temporal Power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving thus learned the essence of Chelčick 's teaching, I with much greater impatience waited\u003cbr\u003e for the appearance of The Net of Faith in the journal of the Academy. But\u003cbr\u003e a year, two, three years passed, and the book did not appear. Only in 1888 I learned that the\u003cbr\u003e printing of the book, which had been begun, had come to a stop. I got the proof-sheets of as much\u003cbr\u003e as had been printed, and I read the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is in every respect remarkable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contents are quite correctly rendered by P pin. Chelčick 's fundamental idea is this, that\u003cbr\u003e Christianity, having united with the power in the time of Constantine and having continued to\u003cbr\u003e develop under these conditions, has become absolutely corrupt and has ceased to be Christianity.\u003cbr\u003e The title \"The Net of Faith,\" was given by Chelčick  to his work, because, taking for his motto the\u003cbr\u003e verse of the Gospel about calling the disciples to become fishers of men, Chelčick , continuing\u003cbr\u003e this comparison, says, \"Christ by means of His disciples caught in His net of faith the whole\u003cbr\u003e world, but the larger fish, tearing the net, jumped out of it, and through the holes, which these\u003cbr\u003e larger fish had made, all the others went away, and the net was left almost empty.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Leo Tolstoy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe large fish that broke through the net are the rulers, emperors, popes, kings, who, in not\u003cbr\u003e renouncing their power, did not accept Christianity, but its semblance only.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 230\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 23, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51796478165280,"sku":"9781941489314","price":40.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a09dc110ae12e6a2df430d655b5503eb.webp?v=1780758916","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-net-of-faith-the-corruption-of-the-church-caused-by-its-fusion-and-confusion-with-temporal-power-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}