Ueber die Entwickelung des katholischen Kirchenrechts im 19. Jahrhundert. Fritz Fleiner

Abstract

much that is unconsciously expressive of this attitude. The seventh chapter, for instance, would have been much better entitled "God's Method." The Holy Spirit has no "method" in any way separate from God's. The tone of the lectures is broad, catholic, and rational. The piety is quite evident, and the effect upon thoughtful, receptive readers can only be sweet and wholesome. Yet even the ideal of service that dominates the book is mystical and individual. In the chapter on "The Holy Spirit's Rewards" a splendid chance is missed to point out some of the rewards which may be claimed in a coming social redemption, quite apart from selfish individual interest therein. In the same way " Sanctification " is treated of as individual. The prophetic dream of a state in which the meanest vessels in the household will be inscribed "Holy, Holy, Holy," just as the altar vessels were, is a dream that is ignored in the range of thought represented here. We are thankful for such clear notes, but wish a more symphonic poem; we rejoice in the sweet vision, but wish the range were wider and the insight clearer. To many this book will be a refreshing cup of water; to many more, and those the more modern ones, it will be a direction given in an unknown tongue.