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A MASTER-KEY
TO THE
Mysteries of Ancient and Modern
SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY.
BY
H. P. BLAVATSKY,
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY CF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
*'Cecy est un livre de bonne Foy."~MoNTAiGNK.
Vol. II.— theology.
NEW YORK: J. W. BOUTON, 706 BROADWAY.
LONDON: BERNARD QUARITCH.
1877.
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PREFACE TO PART II.
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WERE it possible, we would keep this work out of the hands of n]any Christians whom its perusal would not benefit, and for whom it was not written. We allude to those whose faith in their respec- tive churches is pure and sincere, and those whose sinless lives reflect the glorious example of that Prophet of Nazareth, by whose mouth the spirit of truth spake loudly to humanity. Such there have been at all times. History preserves the names of many as heroes, philosophers, philan- thropists, martyrs, and holy men and women ; but how many more have lived and died, unknown but to their intimate acquaintance, unblessed but by their humble beneficiaries ! These have ennobled Christianity, but would have shed the same lustre upon any other faith they might have professed — for they were higher than their creed. The benevolence of Peter Cooper and Elizabeth Thompson, of America, who are not ortho- dox Christians, is no less Christ-like than that of the Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts, of England, who is one. And yet, in comparison with the millions who have been accounted Christians, such have always formed a small minority. They are to be found at this day, in pul- pit and pew, in palace and cottage ; but the increasing materialism, worldliness and hypocrisy are fast diminishing their proportionate num- ber. Their charity, and simple, child-like faith in the infallibility of their Bible, their dogmas, and their clergy, bring into full activity all the virtues
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that are implanted in our common nature. We have personally known such God-fearing priests and clergymen, and we have always avoided debate with them, lest we might be guilty of the cruelty of hurting their feelings ; nor would we rob a single layman of his blind confidence, if it alone made possible for him holy living and serene dying.
An analysis of religious beliefs in general, this volume is in particu- lar directed against theological Christianity, the chief opponent of free thought It contains not one word against the pure teachings of Jesus, but unsparingly denounces their debasement into pernicious ecclesiasti- cal systems that are ruinous to man's faith in his immortality and his God, and subversive of all moral restraint.
We cast our gauntlet at the dogmatic theologians who would enslave both history and science ; and especially at the Vatican, whose despotic pretensions have become hateful to the greater portion of enlightened Christendom. The clergy apart, none but the logician, the investigator, the dauntless explorer should meddle with books like this. Such delv- ers after truth have the courage of their opinions.
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PART TWO.— RELIGION.