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... faith , and it constitutes the final verdict on the creature's merits and due reward . In Paradise Lost error and falsehood first make their ap- pearance in opposition to divine truth . Satan's heresies arise in direct contradiction to ...
... faith , and it constitutes the final verdict on the creature's merits and due reward . In Paradise Lost error and falsehood first make their ap- pearance in opposition to divine truth . Satan's heresies arise in direct contradiction to ...
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... faith ( Milton maintains ) —but not without the works of faith . Yet , as these are the works of the Spirit , man has no occasion for boasting . For Arminius's views , see A. W. Harrison , The Beginnings of Arminianism to the Synod of ...
... faith ( Milton maintains ) —but not without the works of faith . Yet , as these are the works of the Spirit , man has no occasion for boasting . For Arminius's views , see A. W. Harrison , The Beginnings of Arminianism to the Synod of ...
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... faith . As the ' form ' of ' good works'2 and the root of all heroic acts of benefit'3 faith becomes more significant than action itself . Milton placed far greater emphasis than his precursors on the crisis of faith , the act of ...
... faith . As the ' form ' of ' good works'2 and the root of all heroic acts of benefit'3 faith becomes more significant than action itself . Milton placed far greater emphasis than his precursors on the crisis of faith , the act of ...
Contents
Epic Formulae and the Ends of Heroic Poetry I | 1 |
The Critique of Fortitude | 23 |
The Critique of Sapience | 43 |
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