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Reflections on philosophy, theology and just observations on life.
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The first epistle of H. N. A crying-voyce of the holye spirit of loue. Translated out of Base-almayne into English. (1574)
The Works of James Arminius, Volume 1
Politics, Law, and Morality: Essays by V.S. Soloviev
Meditations on the Soul: Selected Letters
The Complete Poetry and Prose
The Encyclopedia of Philosophy (8 Volumes in 4)
Cambridge Platonist Spirituality
Wellsprings of Faith: The Imitation of Christ; The Dark Night of the Soul; The Interior Castle
Paul and the Stoics
Locke: Two Treatises of Government (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
Freedom, Faith, and Dogma: Essays by V.S. Soloviev on Christianity and Judaism
Along with Kierkegaard, Soloviev is one of my favorite Christian philosophers. This book is a collection of essays that follow the themes of the title. Some of the ideas were later disavowed by Soloviev; namely, utopianism and a church unity realizable within history. There's some things in here that are close to being almost dispensationalist -a system I find abhorrent for many reason that I won't go into in this review. Soloviev appears to believe that Judaism itself is a part of God's plan; this idea puts him in line with dispensationalism unfortunately. I do agree with Soloviev that God has a plan for the Jewish people, but my conviction is that that plan is for them to accept Jesus Christ, not that He is going to bless them with a thousand year utopia and grant them faith by sight like dispensationalists believe -which is completely contradictory in fact. His essays on fraudulent Christianity were some of the better ones in the book.I am glad I bought and read this book. It's a good addition to the books I already own and have read by him.
