Transcriber's note: Notes and quotations in smaller font have been indented two spaces. Apparent typographical errors have been corrected; inconsistent hyphens have been retained; essay headings have been simplified. Oxford HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY LUX MUNDI _A SERIES OF STUDIES_ IN THE RELIGION OF THE INCARNATION EDITED BY CHARLES GORE, M.A. PRINCIPAL OF PUSEY HOUSE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD _TENTH EDITION_ A quella Luce cotal si diventa, Che volgersi da lei per altro aspetto È impossibil che mai si consenta. LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET 1890 [_All rights reserved_] ESSAYS AND CONTRIBUTORS. 1. _Faith._ Rev. H. S. HOLLAND, M.A., Canon of St. Paul's, sometime Senior Student of Christ Church. 2. _The Christian Doctrine of God._ Rev. AUBREY MOORE, M.A., Hon. Canon of Christ Church, Tutor of Magdalen and Keble Colleges. 3. _The Problem of Pain: its bearing on faith in God._ Rev. J. R. ILLINGWORTH, M.A., Rector of Longworth, sometime Fellow of Jesus and Tutor of Keble Colleges. 4. _The Preparation in History for Christ._ Rev. E. S. TALBOT, D.D., Vicar of Leeds, sometime Warden of Keble College. 5. _The Incarnation in relation to Development._ Rev. J. R. ILLINGWORTH. 6. _The Incarnation as the Basis of Dogma._ Rev. R. C. MOBERLY, M.A., Vicar of Great Budworth, sometime Senior Student of Christ Church. 7. _The Atonement._ Rev. and Hon. ARTHUR LYTTELTON, M.A., Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge, sometime Tutor of Keble College. 8. _The Holy Spirit and Inspiration._ Rev. C. GORE, M.A., Principal of Pusey House, Fellow of Trinity College. 9. _The Church._ Rev. W. LOCK, M.A., Sub-Warden of Keble and Fellow of Magdalen Colleges. 10. _Sacraments._ Rev. F. PAGET, D.D., Canon of Christ Church, and Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology. 11. _Christianity and Politics._ Rev. W. J. H. CAMPION, M.A., Tutor of Keble College. 12. _Christian Ethics._ Rev. R. L. OTTLEY, M.A., Vice-Principal of Cuddesdon, late Senior Student of Christ Church. PREFACE. 1. This volume is primarily due to a set of circumstances which exists no longer. The writers found themselves at Oxford together between the years 1875-1885, engaged in the common work of University education; and compelled for their own sake, no less than that of others, to attempt to put the Catholic faith into its right relation to modern intellectual and moral problems. Such common necessity and effort led to not infrequent meetings, in which a common body of thought and sentiment, and a common method of commending the faith to the acceptance of others, tended to form itself. We, who once enjoyed this happy companionship, are now for the most part separated. But at least some result of our temporary association remains, which it is hoped may justify and explain the present volume.