A Philosophical Commentary on These Words of the Gospel, Luke 14:23, "Compel Them to Come In, That My House May Be Full" / Edition 1

by Pierre Bayle, John Kilcullen

Overview

Philosophical Commentary deals with church and state, religious toleration, legal enforcement of religious practices, and religiously motivated violence.

Pierre Bayle (1647–1706) was a Protestant philosopher and critic.

John Kilcullen is Senior Research Fellow, Humanities, at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Chandran Kukathas is Chair in Political Theory at The London School of Economics and Political Science, Universityof London.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780865974951
Publisher:	Liberty Fund, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/23/2005
Series:	Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics
Pages:	664
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.62(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

A Note on the Present Translation xxiii

Abbreviations Used in Referring to Bayle’sWorks xxv

The Contents of the Whole Work 7

A PHILOSOPHICAL COMMENTARY
on These Words of the Gospel, Luke 14.23,
“Compel Them to Come In, That My House May Be Full” 1

Appendixes
The Language of the Translation 575

Obsolete or UnusualWords or Meanings 576

Bayle’s Use of Logic 579

Religious and Philosophical Controversies 582
Faith and Heresy 583
Trinity and Incarnation 584
Grace, Original Sin, Predestination 585
The Eucharist 589
Church and State 589
The Rule of Faith 591
Reason the Fundamental Rule 593
The Bible 594
Philosophical Controversies 595

Alterations to the 1708 Translation 596

Index 599