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Mielziner, Moses

 
9781330304389: The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (Classic Reprint)

Sinopsis

How Christian teaching informs virtue, authority, and family life

Delve into a thoughtful study of parenting within a Christian framework.

The book examines how parental authority can prefigure the wisdom and love of God, guiding children toward faith and obedience. It presents a careful argument about the responsibilities of parents and the impact of household life on a family’s spiritual growth.

Using accessible language and clear reasoning, this volume invites readers to consider how discipline, trust, and reverence can shape character. It offers reflections on the dynamics between a child’s developing mind and a parent’s steady guidance, with an emphasis on humility, love, and the moral responsibilities of family life.

  • A clear discussion of the role of parental authority in shaping virtue
  • Thoughtful perspectives on child development within a faith-filled home
  • Faith-based approaches to discipline, obedience, and grace
  • Practical reflections for families seeking deeper spiritual growth

Ideal for readers interested in Christian teachings on family life, virtue, and the purposes of authority within the home.

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Excerpt from The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

To some the views presented in this brief treatise may bear an appearance of originality to which they are net entitled; others may be offended bya seeming novelty in that which is not new. For they exhibit those events in the Scriptural history of man which are connected with the fatal tree of the knowledge of good and evil, not merely as facts, but also as facts which are immensely significant. But it must be remembered that there is hardly any commentary, ancient or modern, in which it is not as sumed that most of those events have a symbolical and Significant character. Every Christian child is taught to regard the curse pronounced upon the serpent as a symbol under which is set forth God's judgment upon that old Serpent, that is the devil; and under which is given the first promise of redemption through the Seed of the Woman. In the following pages an attempt is made to justify upon acknowledged principles this way of view ing those events; and at the same time to vindicate their claim to be facts which actually occurred as they are recorded.

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.

Reseña del editor

Excerpt from The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

The writer of this little volume would gladly apologize for its publication, but he well knows that the only apology which can be satisfactory must be found in the book itself; that, if it be not found there, it were vain to offer it here. Yet, perhaps, it may be of advantage to know something of the character and object of the following pages before they are read.

To some the views presented in this brief treatise may bear an appearance of originality to which they are not entitled; others may be offended by a seeming novelty in that which is not new. For they exhibit those events in the Scriptural history of man which are connected with the fatal "tree of the knowledge of good and evil," not merely as facts, but also as facts which are immensely significant. But it must be remembered that there is hardly any commentary, ancient or modern, in which it is not assumed that most of those events have a symbolical and significant character. Every Christian child is taught to regard the curse pronounced upon the serpent as a symbol under which is set forth God's judgment upon "that old serpent, that is the devil;" and under which is given the first promise of redemption through the "Seed of the Woman." In the following pages an attempt is made to justify upon acknowledged principles this way of viewing those events; and at the same time to vindicate their claim to be facts which actually occurred as they are recorded.

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.

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