{"pages":{"343":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00367-3ecb594a2910d1dbc670.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":466,"y":154,"width":251,"height":18}},{"text":"343","box":{"x":1002,"y":154,"width":50,"height":18}},{"text":"creeds have too often in the past been used as tests to curtail the","box":{"x":130,"y":203,"width":921,"height":29}},{"text":"liberty of Christian men to follow what they believed to be the","box":{"x":133,"y":231,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"guidance of the Holy Spirit for us to be altogether comfortable","box":{"x":130,"y":260,"width":921,"height":29}},{"text":"about accepting them. The Scriptures are the ultimate standards","box":{"x":130,"y":286,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"of faith. But they, it is said, are liable to diverse interpretations,","box":{"x":132,"y":317,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"may be quoted to support almost any view, and contain much","box":{"x":130,"y":343,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"besides what is of vital importance to the Christian faith. Hence","box":{"x":132,"y":371,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"the necessity, it is argued, for a creed to give in a brief form the vital","box":{"x":133,"y":399,"width":918,"height":29}},{"text":"elements of the Christian faith and the Church's official inter-","box":{"x":132,"y":427,"width":919,"height":27}},{"text":"pretation of them. There are advantages here, but not so many","box":{"x":130,"y":455,"width":922,"height":31}},{"text":"as might seem. Creeds seem invariably to contain some matters","box":{"x":134,"y":483,"width":918,"height":29}},{"text":"of historic fact or theological theory which can hardly be said to","box":{"x":127,"y":509,"width":925,"height":34}},{"text":"be essential to a saving faith in Christ, and in common practice","box":{"x":132,"y":536,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"belief in the various clauses is not considered equally vital. Even","box":{"x":130,"y":563,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"with creed, too, there is room for various interpretations to creep","box":{"x":127,"y":593,"width":925,"height":32}},{"text":"in. Hence it is a little difficult to see what advantage there is in","box":{"x":133,"y":621,"width":919,"height":29}},{"text":"adding the creed to the Scripture as the standard of faith","box":{"x":130,"y":649,"width":794,"height":29}},{"text":"4. Relations with other Churches. This is a vital subject.","box":{"x":171,"y":688,"width":882,"height":32}},{"text":"Would the Scheme end by restricting such freedom as we now","box":{"x":127,"y":715,"width":926,"height":32}},{"text":"have in our relationships with other Churches? Or would it bring","box":{"x":129,"y":744,"width":926,"height":32}},{"text":"us into closer fellowship with other Churches? Let us take first","box":{"x":130,"y":772,"width":922,"height":31}},{"text":"the question of recognition of ministry and intercommunion with.","box":{"x":132,"y":800,"width":928,"height":32}},{"text":"other churches. As Congregationalists we are willing to recognise","box":{"x":126,"y":827,"width":926,"height":32}},{"text":"the ministry of all churches as valid ministries, and we are willing","box":{"x":132,"y":856,"width":922,"height":31}},{"text":"to have intercommunion with all who are willing so to allow us.","box":{"x":130,"y":883,"width":890,"height":31}},{"text":"166. GANDHI ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF","box":{"x":237,"y":959,"width":705,"height":22}},{"text":"CHRISTIANITY TO THE NATIONAL LIFE","box":{"x":263,"y":988,"width":656,"height":22}},{"text":"(1929 A.D.)","box":{"x":502,"y":1018,"width":174,"height":25}},{"text":"In the March 21, 1929, issue of Young India Mahatma Gandhi","box":{"x":220,"y":1070,"width":782,"height":25}},{"text":"expresses the opinion that Christianity has made little positve contri-","box":{"x":181,"y":1095,"width":824,"height":25}},{"text":"bution to National Life in India. Cited in A. T. Hingorani, The","box":{"x":179,"y":1119,"width":824,"height":27}},{"text":"Message of Jesus Christ, pp. 57-58.","box":{"x":175,"y":1144,"width":420,"height":25}},{"text":"Q. What is the contribution of Christianity to the national life","box":{"x":179,"y":1197,"width":873,"height":29}},{"text":"of India? I mean the influence of Christ as apart from Chris-","box":{"x":129,"y":1225,"width":924,"height":31}},{"text":"tianity, for, I am afraid, there is a wide gulf separating the two at","box":{"x":130,"y":1252,"width":924,"height":31}},{"text":"present.","box":{"x":127,"y":1287,"width":111,"height":22}},{"text":"A. Aye, there lies the rub. It is not possible to consider the","box":{"x":172,"y":1319,"width":879,"height":31}},{"text":"teaching of a religious teacher apart from the lives of his followers.","box":{"x":132,"y":1346,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"Unfortunately, Christianity in India has been inextricably mixed","box":{"x":126,"y":1373,"width":926,"height":34}},{"text":"up for the last one hundred and fifty years with the British rule.","box":{"x":130,"y":1403,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"It appears to us synonymous with materialistic civilization and","box":{"x":132,"y":1430,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"imperialistic exploitation by the stronger white races of the weaker","box":{"x":133,"y":1460,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"races of the world. Its contribution to India has been, therefore,","box":{"x":130,"y":1488,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"largely of a negative character.","box":{"x":129,"y":1515,"width":439,"height":28}}]}}}