the social contract for self-interest. Government is necessary to pursue freedom. It does not offer freedom but protects the individual's freedom. The English libertarians influenced the political philosophy ofthe United States. The English thinkers thought that laws are part ofthe natural order of things, part ofGod’s plan and they are reasonable. If the natural law were violated by governm
of Original Sin. This is that we somehow inherit the actual sin of Adam, and not just the effects of that sin. This too is something that is taken from later Roman Catholic theology, although Rome never defined this as a doctrine.
Christ's death on the Cross is understood by Protestantism to mean that Christ paid the debt owed to Godthe Father for our sins. Christ, in effect, saved us from the
of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.
Piety
Dutiful respect or regard for parents, homeland or god
Cosmopolitan
Free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world.
Polemic
A controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine.
Assimilated
To take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb
Su
1. Definition of Natural Theology
The existence and attributes ofthe deity
-> stand on ‘natural reason’
A type oftheological discourse
the Enlightenment>
The attempt to construct
rational “proofs” for
God’s existence and attributes
passion and affections for Miss Rosamond.
Jane - asks why he does not just marry her.
St. John – says that he is very much in love with Rosamond; but he knows that Miss Rosamond would not be suited to be a missionary's wife. He insists that he is a cold, hard man who is not willing to give up his ambitions for God, for love. He remarks that Jane is original and direct in her manner