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monides. Ho was BON in cordova, in


iadin. whose physician he became.
Maimonides wrote definition OF Juna-
ion IN thirteen articles, each article negin-
mig with the words. Z" believe with
perfect faith"
These thirteen articles we're as follows;
l. God Is Creator and Guide OF the Uni
verse.
2 lie is pure Unity.
g. lie IS Eternal.
4. lie never assumed bodily form, and IS
not subject 10 the laws OF matter. 49,,
b. We must pray to Him and to HIM
alone.
| true. "
! =. Tho levy we now have Is the same that
/ was given 10 Moses.
9. This law Will never be changed for
anv othor. and is binding on Israel TOR al
| time.
10. God knows mans most secret
II. Man is rewarded or punished accord
! inc 10 the character NJ his actions.
~. The Messiah viii come at some future
/ unknown period.
i8. There VIII be a resurrection OF the
dead
ID is not known what led Maimonides
/ - formulate creed. j. was something
unknown i'm Israel before his time. lie was
verv strongly condemned by. his learned
contemporaries. cannot nelp ieeling mat
I d. made Is great mistake IN formulating
creed.
FOR centuries Israel got on well enough
without a formulated creed, ard con
eiderine that ln Mlimonid 3 day the
Scriptures. the Nishuah. and ,1almud,
/ were udustrously studied, the crys-
tailizaf on of creed was unnece3-
sary and injurious. Alaim0ndes makes be-
lief IN the coming Of o personal Messiah
one Df the crecd4.
During the w, de Of Israals history tboy
Ia. kol. iu times If ecuhon. 20 the
coming of god. appointed dcuverer. out
tins daiivcr.r was never thought Oh IN
any other light tnan "a a human beng
In ce.rr ror.a VI the word. I'm times ~
f prosperity fnc liceq.g uic .lca trOd INTO tho
/ background. 10 D. no wonder tnat Ma mo-
+ ulle7 and nis cl-r. iigIonieis believed htn-
D. no fine coming Of q personal delycrer'
when thew had toflac Tor their lives on dc-
coruf of tloir roligi0us convictions.
Reform Judaism. instead of believing IN
personal Aic .al, believes 10 heSslnn re-
ago when peace aud goodwill Will reign
more extensively among men, ana Nn"h
thev w N NOT Doc separated from encn other
be artificial barriers. But after all the
/ difference rs uu.mDOrlnui.
What matters it d n great era u intro
l 0hFf if n'-l' ht'.N $3.50 "''',
pushed Ir.u. or. II 30 boz introduced nN inc
Slow and gradual march ot events,
Cl-istian'fv auui Hs % meaning 10 Messiah
which /. mover l-J 20 tb' israehte during
The whole course Of leracls history.
isaiah calls KING CYRUS the Messiah Of
the Etr~ral because hc was actuated by
the kud.-. or feelings toward Israel, and
when Napoleon !. abolished many OF tho
fcuaq law, t44t told SD severely against
Israel ho was hailed as the Messiah by
thousand. iu l-rleL
Mmm0u5as gives "a the thirteenth arti-
Gle % b.liet tAe resurrection OF the dead;
The rosurTeet ON of the dead is spoken oI
i'm che Book OF Daniel No" the BOOK oil
Daniel meyer had the rank IA israel OF any
Of th. prophetic book.
lt is written ln dark obscure way.
Mamoutg taught th'Te "pun DC r.
euuoclon of we ond.. 10 ne borrowed ny
deetA. but tlat this was dl5'inct RON inc
doctrine of tire iinIloI any. OH tl' SUI.
Dr. las onen nol y wv n' ,ii 10. ''.''
hia.mol'de . himself o-He'e" III INC iV9''i-
Tecuou oi ire h'nF. s.. ~. .
10 D. believed ,l't DE put IL u""n - :, y
creed Do leiDieLce 10 puunc Oh lHloA " -ADH