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if that doctrine Is false. What is the origl
of the doctrine?
Nasarene.-It was originally derive
from the Egyptians. There is not on
passage in the Bible which declares tina
the soul is immortal, and therefore tn
idea has no foundation in the Scripturei
Herodotus, the oldest historian, write
as follows: "Tile Egyptians say that Cerd
(the goddess OF corn) and Bacclus Gun
god Of wine) hold the chief sway In TN
Internal regions; and the Egyptians aisi
pere the first WhO asserted the doctrine ma
the soul Of man is immortal."-Herod. ?. la
Mosheim says, sits first promoters ar
gued from that known doctrine Of I'M
PlatOnic School. which acds also adopted D
Ortgen and his disciples, that the divine na
ture was diflused through all human souls
or, in other words, that the faculty of rea
son, from which proceeds the health an
vig0r OF the mind, was an emanation tro1
God into the human soul, and comprd
hended in it the principles and elemen1
of all truth, human and divine. "--EccIesA
astical History, Uol. i:p.S6
Justin Martyr "a. d., 1901 said, "For
you have cOnverscd with some that are M
deed called Christians, and do not mail
tain these opinions, but even dare to blai#
i DnctlC lHc 1Ou VI IhDIulIdiI,t Nv IA NoM
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, and sd
that there is no resurrection of the dead
but that the souls, rs 0 0 as they leav
the body. are received up into heaven, tax
care that you do not look upon these. But
and all those Christians that are really on
thodOx in every respect, do know tht1
there will be Il resurrection of the b0d
and a thousand years in Jerusalem, whG1
it is built again, and adorned and enlarge
as Ezekiel and Esaias, and the rest Of I'll
prophets declare ."-Dial0gue DM IrypW
the JeW. Section Xxx.
An extract from q canon which WI
passed under Leo x, by the Council 4
Lateran, shows that the doctrine of Al
" immortal soul" that lives when the mai
is dead. was supported in those days, as u
generally has been since, By the authority q
Creeds, rather than the word of God: "S0mY
have dared to assert, concerning the MAJ
ture of the reasonable soul, that 1t is NOR
tai. We, with the appreciation of the sa-
cred council. do condemn and %reprobate
all such, seeing according to the canon OF
Pope Clement the Fifth, the soul is immor-
tai; and we strictly inhibit all from dog
matizing otherwise; and we decree that
all who adhere to the like erroneous asser-
tions, shall be Stunned and punished as
hcretics."- Carqn@a, p. 4l2, 1881.
Martin Luther ironically responded to
the decree of the Council of Lateran held
during the POntiiicate of Pope Leo -
permit the Pope to make articles of faith
for himself and his faithful,--such as the
soul is the substantial torn of the human
body-the soul is immortal-pih all those
monstrous opinions to be found IN the Roman
dunghW Of decretalS that such as his faith
l.: ,,,,L, ,,,, ln h;, rpc,,nI citoh his Iisni-
Piles, and such his Church, that the mouth
may have meat suitable for 1t, and The
dish u cover worthy of it."
Commenting on Eccle. tx: 8. g., Martin
Luther says: "Another proof that the dead
are inSensible. Solomon thinks that the
dead are altogether asleep. and think of
nothing. They lie, not reckoning days
and years, but, when awakened, will seem
to. themselves to have slept scarcely Il mo-
ment.'-Debt Of Grace, p. 25S.
In an old work printed in 1772, entitled
Historical Vien Of the Intermediate State,
on page 3S. when speaking Of Martin Lu-
Tiers belief in relation to the state of the
said he held shat they lQy in q profound
sleep, in which opinion he followed many
of the fathers of the ancient Church."
Within lyHudIl ucCldTCS Jildu IL pun
ting departed souls in heaven, hell, or pur-
gatory, you destroy the arguments where
with Christ and Paul prove the rcsurrec-
zion. What God doth with them, that we
shall know when W. come to them. The
true faith putteth the resurrection which
we be warned to look for every hour. The
heather philosophers denying that, did put
that the souls did euer live. And the Pope
jOineM the spiritual doctrine of Christ, and
the .feshly doctrine of philosophers togetli-
er--things so contrary that they cannot
agree. go. And because the tleslIly minded
Pope COnsenteth unto HEATHER DOCTRINE,
therefore he cOrrupteM the Scriptures to es-
tdbiiSh it,. If the souls be in heaven tell
me why they be not in us good case as the
angels be? And then What cause is there OF
the resurrection" This translator OF the
Scriptures into English suffered martyr
dom in 1886.
Gibbon declares that 1.-THE immortality
of the soul is omitted in the law of Mo-
SEES. Gibbon v, ], p. 63O-l.
Richard Watson remarks, "That the soul
is naturally immortal, is c%ontradicted bp
Scripture, which makes our Immortality q
gift, dependent on the will of the Givcr."-
Institutes, vol. IL, p. $50.
Bishop TillOtson also says, "The immor-
tality of the soul is rather supposed, or ta-
ken for granted, than expressly revealed in
the Bible."-Sermons, vol. ii, IVA.
George Combe says, mo idea can be
more than to suppose that man
is an immortal being on account of the
substance of which he is composed."--Sys-
tenn Of Phrenology, p. 555-7.
The Hebrew word Nephesh is found in
the original about $50 times, but in the
common version nephesh is translated in Is
different ways: soul, 475 times; life, lives,
living, l20 times; persons, 3 times; fish,
once and applied indiscriminately to man
and beasts, 8 times; etc.
Parkhurst says, "As a noun, nephesh hath
been supposed to signify the spiritual part
of a man, or, what we commonly call his
soul; l must for myself confess that | can
find no passage where it hath undoubtedly
this meaning."-He6reu Lexicon.
The Greek word psuche, synonymous
with nephesh, used in the New Testament,
has : different renderings: soul, life, lives,
mind. heart, etc.
The words "soul' and 'spirit,n though
frequently occurring in the Bible. are not
found In one instance as Indicating it being
immortal. immaterial, indestructible, or
never dying"
The word "immortal" is found but once
in the Scriptures. See l Tim. ILL.
Pharisee.-What is your understanding
of the term Soul as used in the ScripturesP
Nazarene.-Soul is synonymous with the
Hebrew word nephesh and the Greek psuche,
but il nerer expresses the idea Of Immortality.
"Soul." In the Bible. means creature in its
primary use, but is also employed to ex-
press the variety of aspects in which a |
living creature can be contemplated, such
as person, body, life, individuality, mind, dis
position, breath, etc. (See Gen. 1:24; i:2O:
Job II: 10; l Hi. II: 21-22; Gen. IS: Is; lisa,