Jainism Christianity and Science

Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: The Indian Press Allahabad

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selves and mislead others. For such a matter belongs to those who are madly inspired by the spirit of disorder..."-Ibid. p. 62.
“Then said Peter .. 'But it is impossible for any one except a prophet, who alone has omniscience, to know with respect to the things that are done by any one, which are his own, and which are not; for all are seen as done by him.' "--Ibid. p. 207.
"... For He has shape, and He has every limb primarily and solely for beauty's sake, and not for use. For He has not eyes that He may see with them; for He sees on every side, since He is incomparably more brilliant in H18 body than the visual spirit which is in us, and He is more splendid than everything, so that in comparison with Him the light of the sun may be reckoned as darkness. Nor has He ears that He may hear; for He hears, perceives, moves, energizes, acts on every side. But He has the most beautiful shape on account of man, that the pure in heart may be able to see Him."Ibid. p. 261.
"As to knorrledge, some elements of it we already possess ; others, by what we do possess, we firmly hope [to attain). For neither have we attained all, nor do we lack all. But we have received, as it were, an earnest of the eternal blessings, and of ances. tral riches."-(The Prophetic Scriptures) A.N.C.L. vol. xxiv. p. 120.
"And knowledge is essentially a contemplation of existences on the part of the soul, either of a certain thing or of certain things, and when perfected of all together ... The Gnostic ... himself comprebends what seems to be incomprehensible to others believing that nothing 18 incomprehensible to the Son of God, whence nothing incapable of being taught." -(Clem. vol. i) A.N.C.L. vol. xii. pp. 343344.
"... For its (the Soul's) knowledge of these things does not come to it from without but it rather sets out these things, as it were, with the adornment of its own thoughts." -(Gregory Thaumaturgas) A.N.C.L. vol. xx. p. 117.
"... But He is a true Prophet, who always knows all things, and even the thoughts of all men, who is without sin, as being convinced respecting the judgment of God. Wherefore we ought not simply to consider respecting His foreknowledge, but whether his foreknowledge can stand, apart from other cause. For physicians predict certain things, having the pulse of the patient as matter submitted