A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Hodge, Charles, 1797–1878 • SECTION 15

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S 3. Sir William Hamilton's Doctrine 349

God an Object of Faith but not of Knowledge. — Different Kinds of Ignorance. — Proof that Sir William Hamilton denies that we can know God. — Arguments Against his Doctrine. — The Unthinkable or Impossible cannot be an object of Faith . . 352 Knowledge essential to Faith. — Our Knowledge not regula- tive 355

General Objections to Hamilton's Theory 359

Founded on a Wrong Definition of the Absolute and Infinite ; on a Wrong Definition of knowledge. — Necessity of a Supernat- ural Revelation 364

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