Christianity according to St. Luke. By the Rev. S. C.
Carpenter, RD. (S.P.C.K. 10s. 6d.)--:One of the best means of measuring the advance of the critical movement, or (if the term be preferred) of the scientific school of theology, is to note its influence on writers who do not themselves belong to this school. Mr. Carpenter would probably be described as a conservative, and his prepossessions seem to be those of a somewhat high type of Anglicanism. But his concessions to criticism are significant. He argues, e,g., for the Virgin Birth of our Lord ; but he admits that this belief "is not based on the documents " ; that it "is part of a larger belief" ; and that it is "not essential, if by ' essential ' is meant a preliminary condition. It is not a preliminary, but a subsequent and consequent belief." The book contains elements of interest and value ; it is discursive ; and written in a vigorous popular style.
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