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The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2 - Contents
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    II. Manchester’s Rowley—Greek Immortal-Soulism a Deception

    The noted Baptist theologian and historian, Dr. HAROLD H. ROWLEY, 2323) HAROLD H. ROWLEY (1890-) eminent Baptist, trained at Bristol Oxford and Mansfield. After teaching in the Shantung Christian University in China (f924-19293, he taught Semitic languages at University College, and was for years professor of Hebrew at the University of Manchester. He is author of about fourteen works. now professor emeritus of Hebrew language and literature at the University of Manchester, England, similarly charges Platonic Immortal-Soulism with “deceptive” conflict with the New Testament declaration of “resurrection.” Immortality springs not from the nature of man, but the nature and grace of God. Here is a brief word from Professor Rowley:CFF2 917.4

    “It should be observed at the outset that it is not primarily a belief in the immortality of the soul, as in Greek thought. Plato puts into the mouth of Socrates in the Phaedo the words ‘After I drink the poison I shall no longer be with you, but shall go away to the joys of the blessed you know of.’ Here the thought seems to be that the soul is the enduring element of man’s being, and that he can cast aside the body and mount on the wings of the spirit. In Biblical thought the idea of immortal bliss is based on the conception of God.” 2424) Harold H. Rowley, The Faith of Israel (Published 1957. The Westminster Press. Used by permission.),. 170ff. (Italics supplied.)CFF2 917.5

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