 | 1899 - 856 oldal
...fundamental points in all sound religion, and I regard them, as you do, in whatever sect I meet with them. As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think his system of morals and his religion, as he left them to us, the best the world ever saw, or is like... | |
 | Various - 1994 - 676 oldal
...fundamental Principles of all sound Religion, and I regard them as you do in whatever Sect I meet with them. As to Jesus of Nazareth, my Opinion of whom you particularly...left them to us, the best the World ever saw or is likely to see; but I apprehend it has received various corrupting Changes, and I have, with most of... | |
 | Richard Vetterli, Gary C. Bryner - 1996 - 294 oldal
...and the peaceful functioning of a democratic republic. "As to Jesus of Nazareth," pondered Franklin, "I think the system of morals and his religion, as...left them to us, the best the world ever saw or is likely to see; but I apprehend it has received various corrupting changes, and I have . . . some doubts... | |
 | Jeremy D. Popkin - 1995 - 262 oldal
...(Knoxville; 1981), 10-17, 35-36, 80. Although having "some Doubts" about Christ's divinity, Franklin thought "the System of Morals and his Religion, as he left them to us, the best the World ever saw or is likely to see" (Benjamin Franklin to Ezra Stiles, 9 March 1790, in The Writings of Benjamin Franklin,... | |
 | William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - 1994 - 868 oldal
...fundamental points in all sound Religion, and I regard them as you do in whatever Sect I meet with them. As to Jesus of Nazareth, my Opinion of whom you particularly...of Morals and his Religion, as he left them to us, is the best the World ever saw, or is likely to see.57 Benjamin Franklin wrote in his Articles of Belief... | |
 | Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - 1997 - 1146 oldal
...fundamental Principles of all sound Religion, and I regard them as you do in whatever Sect I meet with them. As to Jesus of Nazareth, my Opinion of whom you particularly...left them to us, the best the World ever saw or is likely to see; but I apprehend it has received various corrupting Changes, and I have, with most of... | |
 | Jaroslav Pelikan - 1999 - 308 oldal
...Benjamin Franklin, writing a few weeks before his death to Ezra Stiles, president of Yale College: As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of morals and religion, as he left them to us, the best the world ever saw or is likely to see; but I apprehend it... | |
 | James Campbell - 1999 - 322 oldal
...of the Christian message, in what he took to have been its pure initial form, was quite favorable. "I think the System of Morals and his Religion, as he left them to us," he carefully qualifies, is "the best the World ever saw or is likely to see . . ." (W10:84). As long... | |
 | Richard Harries, Henry Mayr-Harting - 2001 - 302 oldal
...Franklin, in a lerter to Ezra Stiles, the President of Yale College, in i790 wrote something similar: 'As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly...morals and his religion, as he left them to us, the hest the world ever saw or is likely to see; hut I apprehend it has received vatious corrupting changes.'... | |
 | William L. Roth - 2002 - 290 oldal
...asked him to write his opinion about Jesus of Nazareth in January of 1790, Franklin's answer was this, "...I think the system of morals and his religion, as he left them to us, to be the best the world ever saw or is likely to see; but I apprehend it has received various corrupting... | |
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As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of morals and his religion, as he left them to us, the best the world ever saw or is likely to see... 
