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Faith and Freedom
IN THIS ISSUE
Catholicism of the Reformation
The Nether Magnificences
Henry E. Kolbe
Tyler Thompson
David C. Shipley
Reviews of 80 current religious books
VOL. XXVII, NO.2 MARCH 1952 Ell T[]WER
The Nether Magnificences
By David Clark Shipley
Professor of' Historical Theology
"For consider your can brethren; not many
oj you were wise according to worldly staruiae ds,
notmany of you were powerful . . . but God
chosewhat is foolish in the world to shame the
wise, God chose what is weak in the world to
shame the strong . . . so that no human being
might boast in the presence of God. He is the
sourceof your life in Christ Jesus, whom God
madeour wisdom, our righteousness and conse-crationand
redemption; ... Let him who boasts,
boastof the Lord." I Cc-rinthians 1:26-31.
VICTOR Huge, in Les Miserables, has a dis-cerning
scene depicting the final triumph of
JeanValjean in his precarious quest for freedom
and ultimate self-respect. A young syndicalist,
thefiance of his foster daughter, had been
trappedbehind the barricades of an abortive
Parisianrevolution. The daughter was the pride
and comfort of his embittered life-his solace
after years of self-denial and suffering. But she
loved this young syndicalist. That he was worthy
or unworthy of such love was no longer a con-sideration.
Because of a profound paternal love,
Jean Valjean climbs down into the sewers of
Paris and makes his way to a point behind the
barricade. He emerges to find the young man
seriously wounded. Carrying the lad upon his
shoulders he descends once more into the sewers
and struggles back to the safety of his home
sector in Paris. Coming up out of the fecal under-world,
Jean Valjean by an act of supreme dis-interested
love meets the challenge of the crown-ing
criterion of his soul's freedom and perfection.
At this point, Victor Hugo inserts a profound
observation. He wrote:
There is no thinker who has not sometime
contemplated the nether magnificences. It
was of this rabble, doubtless, that St.
Jerome thought and of all those poor peo-ple-
those vagabonds-whence sprang the
Apostles and the Martyrs, when he uttered
these mysterious words: "F'ex Urbis, Lux
Orbis."
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| Title | Garrett Tower vol.27 no.2 1952 |
| Volume | vol.27 no.2 |
| Date | 1952 |
| Institution | Garrett Biblical Institute |
| Publisher | Garrett Biblical Institute |
| Collection | Garrett Tower (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
| Description | Published quarterly. Subscription price, sixty-five cents per year, one dollar for two years. John C. Irwin, Editor. Includes: editorials, faculty and alumni information, Garrett happenings, and book reviews. |
| Subject | Garrett Biblical Institute, Theology--Periodicals |
| Bound With | Garrett Tower v.22-28 1946-53 |
| Call number of physical item | BV4070.G31 v.22-28 1946-53 |
| Type | Text |
| Language | eng |
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| Transcript | Faith and Freedom IN THIS ISSUE Catholicism of the Reformation The Nether Magnificences Henry E. Kolbe Tyler Thompson David C. Shipley Reviews of 80 current religious books VOL. XXVII, NO.2 MARCH 1952 Ell T[]WER The Nether Magnificences By David Clark Shipley Professor of' Historical Theology "For consider your can brethren; not many oj you were wise according to worldly staruiae ds, notmany of you were powerful . . . but God chosewhat is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong . . . so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. He is the sourceof your life in Christ Jesus, whom God madeour wisdom, our righteousness and conse-crationand redemption; ... Let him who boasts, boastof the Lord." I Cc-rinthians 1:26-31. VICTOR Huge, in Les Miserables, has a dis-cerning scene depicting the final triumph of JeanValjean in his precarious quest for freedom and ultimate self-respect. A young syndicalist, thefiance of his foster daughter, had been trappedbehind the barricades of an abortive Parisianrevolution. The daughter was the pride and comfort of his embittered life-his solace after years of self-denial and suffering. But she loved this young syndicalist. That he was worthy or unworthy of such love was no longer a con-sideration. Because of a profound paternal love, Jean Valjean climbs down into the sewers of Paris and makes his way to a point behind the barricade. He emerges to find the young man seriously wounded. Carrying the lad upon his shoulders he descends once more into the sewers and struggles back to the safety of his home sector in Paris. Coming up out of the fecal under-world, Jean Valjean by an act of supreme dis-interested love meets the challenge of the crown-ing criterion of his soul's freedom and perfection. At this point, Victor Hugo inserts a profound observation. He wrote: There is no thinker who has not sometime contemplated the nether magnificences. It was of this rabble, doubtless, that St. Jerome thought and of all those poor peo-ple- those vagabonds-whence sprang the Apostles and the Martyrs, when he uttered these mysterious words: "F'ex Urbis, Lux Orbis." |
