The Essence of Christianity

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Author

Feuerbach, Ludwig, 1804-1872

Title

The Essence of Christianity Translated from the second German edition

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Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

Subject

Religion -- Philosophy

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eBook-No.

47025

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Release Date

October 2, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PUBLISHERS’ NOTE.
3. 3.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. 1
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIANITY.
6. 6.INTRODUCTION. — § 1. The Essential Nature of Man. — § 2. The Essence of Religion Considered Generally.
7. 7.THE TRUE OR ANTHROPOLOGICAL ESSENCE OF RELIGION.
8. 8.GOD AS A BEING OF THE UNDERSTANDING.
9. 9.GOD AS A MORAL BEING, OR LAW.
10. 10.THE MYSTERY OF THE INCARNATION; OR, GOD AS LOVE, AS A BEING OF THE HEART.
11. 11.THE MYSTERY OF THE SUFFERING GOD.
12. 12.THE MYSTERY OF THE TRINITY AND THE MOTHER OF GOD.
13. 13.THE MYSTERY OF THE LOGOS AND DIVINE IMAGE.
14. 14.THE MYSTERY OF THE COSMOGONICAL PRINCIPLE IN GOD.
15. 15.THE MYSTERY OF MYSTICISM, OR OF NATURE IN GOD.
16. 16.THE MYSTERY OF PROVIDENCE, AND CREATION OUT OF NOTHING.
17. 17.THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CREATION IN JUDAISM.
18. 18.THE OMNIPOTENCE OF FEELING, OR THE MYSTERY OF PRAYER.
19. 19.THE MYSTERY OF FAITH—THE MYSTERY OF MIRACLE.
20. 20.THE MYSTERY OF THE RESURRECTION AND OF THE MIRACULOUS CONCEPTION.
21. 21.THE MYSTERY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHRIST, OR THE PERSONAL GOD.
22. 22.THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND HEATHENISM.
23. 23.THE CHRISTIAN SIGNIFICANCE OF VOLUNTARY CELIBACY AND MONACHISM.
24. 24.THE CHRISTIAN HEAVEN, OR PERSONAL IMMORTALITY.
25. 25.THE FALSE OR THEOLOGICAL ESSENCE OF RELIGION.
26. 26.THE ESSENTIAL STANDPOINT OF RELIGION.
27. 27.THE CONTRADICTION IN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.
28. 28.THE CONTRADICTION IN THE REVELATION OF GOD.
29. 29.THE CONTRADICTION IN THE NATURE OF GOD IN GENERAL.
30. 30.THE CONTRADICTION IN THE SPECULATIVE DOCTRINE OF GOD.
31. 31.THE CONTRADICTION IN THE TRINITY.
32. 32.THE CONTRADICTION IN THE SACRAMENTS.
33. 33.THE CONTRADICTION OF FAITH AND LOVE.
34. 34.CONCLUDING APPLICATION.
35. 35.EXPLANATIONS—REMARKS—ILLUSTRATIVE CITATIONS. — § 1. — § 2. — § 3. — § 4. — § 5. — § 6. — § 7. — § 8. — § 9. — § 10. — § 11. — § 12. — § 13. — § 14. — § 15. — § 16. — § 17. — § 18. — § 19. — § 20. — § 21. — § 22.
36. 36.THE ENGLISH AND FOREIGN PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY.
37. 37.Colophon — Availability — Encoding — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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