CHRISTIANITY NOT AS A MYSTIC RELIGION
BUT AS A NEW THEORY OF LIFETRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN OF COUNT LEO TOLSTOI
BY CONSTANCE GARNETT
New York, 1894
e-transcribed by Jack Eden, 2002
HTML by C. Christopher Smith, Kingdom Now, 2002
"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. "--John viii. 32.
"Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul;
but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."--MATT. x. 28."Ye have been bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men."--I COR. vii. 23.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
PREFACE
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. TOLSTOI'S PREFACE.
E-TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE.
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. TOLSTOI'S PREFACE.
E-TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE.
CHAPTER I.
THE DOCTRINE OF NONRESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE
HAS BEEN PROFESSED BY A MINORITY OF MEN FROM
THE VERY FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIANITY
THE DOCTRINE OF NONRESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE
HAS BEEN PROFESSED BY A MINORITY OF MEN FROM
THE VERY FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIANITY
CHAPTER II.
CRITICISMS OF THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL
BY FORCE ON THE PART OF BELIEVERS AND OF UNBELIEVERS
CRITICISMS OF THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL
BY FORCE ON THE PART OF BELIEVERS AND OF UNBELIEVERS
CHAPTER III.
CHRISTIANITY MISUNDERSTOOD BY BELIEVERS
CHRISTIANITY MISUNDERSTOOD BY BELIEVERS
CHRISTIANITY MISUNDERSTOOD BY MEN OF SCIENCE
CHAPTER V.
CONTRADICTION BETWEEN OUR LIFE
AND OUR CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE
CONTRADICTION BETWEEN OUR LIFE
AND OUR CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE
CHAPTER VI.
ATTITUDE OF MEN OF THE PRESENT DAY TO WAR
ATTITUDE OF MEN OF THE PRESENT DAY TO WAR
CHAPTER VII.
SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPULSORY SERVICE
SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPULSORY SERVICE
CHAPTER VIII.
DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE MUST
INEVITABLY BE ACCEPTED BY MEN OF THE PRESENT DAY
DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE MUST
INEVITABLY BE ACCEPTED BY MEN OF THE PRESENT DAY
CHAPTER IX.
THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OF LIFE WILL
EMANCIPATE MEN FROM THE MISERIES OF OUR PAGAN LIFE
THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OF LIFE WILL
EMANCIPATE MEN FROM THE MISERIES OF OUR PAGAN LIFE
CHAPTER X.
EVIL CANNOT BE SUPRESSED BY THE PHYSICAL FORCE OF THE
GOVERNMENT--THE MORAL PROGRESS OF HUMANITY IS BROUGHT
ABOUT NOT ONLY BY INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION OF THE TRUTH
BUT ALSO THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC OPINION
EVIL CANNOT BE SUPRESSED BY THE PHYSICAL FORCE OF THE
GOVERNMENT--THE MORAL PROGRESS OF HUMANITY IS BROUGHT
ABOUT NOT ONLY BY INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION OF THE TRUTH
BUT ALSO THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC OPINION
THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OF LIFE HAS ALREADY
ARISEN IN OUR SOCIETY, AND WILL INFALLIBLY PUT
AN END TO THE PRESENT ORGANIZATION OP OUR LIFE
BASED ON FORCE--WHEN THAT WILL BE
CHAPTER XII.
CONCLUSION: REPENT YE, FOR THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND
CONCLUSION: REPENT YE, FOR THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND
