The Man of Kerioth (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Man of Kerioth Poetry is the highest vehicle of spiritual truth. Ideas depend greatly on the form used to express them. Spiritual truth is neither local nor temporary; it is universal and eternal; it is binding on earth and in heaven. Crystallised forms of logical thought, enclosed in theological terms which, in turn, are dependent on prevailing philosophical conceptions, hinder spiritual truth on its march down the ages. Much harm has been done to religion by the unnatural marriage between the poetry of Jesus and the logic of the schoolmen. To bind the spiritual, which is permanent, to a form which is passing, is to impede truth. The Christian religion is embarrassed, today because of the alleged indissolubility of the union betwixt the Faith and the Philosophy of the Nicene Age. It has even been obscured by its blood relationship to Judaism. When the poet deals with religious truth, it travels on wings; when the philosopher unfolds it, it walks on crutches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.