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Scripture Paradoxes: Their True Explanation, Lectures - Softcover

Jonathan Bayley

 
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Scripture Paradoxes: Their True Explanation, Lectures by Jonathan Bayley is a nineteenth-century theological work that examines apparent contradictions in Scripture and proposes harmonizing readings. Based on public lectures delivered in London in 1867–1868, Bayley argues that biblical paradoxes arise from figurative language and the use of 'heavens' and 'earth' to symbolize spiritual realities—church and world—rather than merely the physical cosmos. The volume surveys a dozen paradoxes—from the enduring vs perishing of the earth, to the relation of faith and works, to the nature of the atonement—and presents a method of interpretation whereby the divine universe remains constant while human institutions evolve into a future state of universal knowledge, justice, and peace. The lectures also address themes such as predestination, baptism, marriage, life after death, and the unity of the Godhead within the trinitarian framework as presented by Bayley. Throughout, the author emphasizes practical Christian virtue: justice, mercy, humility, and love as the true fruits of faith.

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