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Church History Vi: Suppression Of The English Monasteries, Earl Clement Davis

Education

This is from a collection of manuscripts—mostly class papers— written while Davis was a student at Harvard Divinity School, 1902-1904. This manuscript is clearly for the Church History VI class he took during the 1902-03 academic year.

A lengthy discussion of the suppression -- virtual elimination -- of the English monasteries during the Reign of Henry VIII. It concludes that this work was not done so much in support of religious progress, but in support of Henry's interests -- to divorce Catherine and to gain wealth and revenue. Includes a long bibliography.

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Sermons I: The Leadership Of Jesus, Earl Clement Davis

Education

This is from a collection of manuscripts—mostly class papers— written while Davis was a student at Harvard Divinity School, 1902-1904. This manuscript has “Sermons I (14)” on the top of the first page. On the back side of the last page: “Read before the Harvard Unitarian Club meeting at the home of Wm. Liffany, Feb. 19, 1903

Earl Davis confronts one of Unitarianism's challenges -- that people want a personal relationship with God, something most Christian religions can supply through Jesus, but which Unitarianism cannot. Davis calls this need, "the Christ Idea.", arguing that by speaking of God's immanence in …

Theology I: Being Of God, Earl Clement Davis

Education

This is from a collection of manuscripts — mostly class papers — written while Davis was a student at Harvard Divinity School, 1902-1904. This manuscript is clearly for the Theology I class he took during the 1902-03 academic year.

In this paper, Davis first dismisses "materialistic philosophy" because it cannot account for ideals. He develops in some detail what he calls "the method of postulates." Here he sets out several postulates about God (colloquially, truth, goodness and beauty) and argues that they account for the evidence. He considers and dismisses the various arguments for God in the historical literature -- …

History 6: Saint Columbanus, Earl Clement Davis

Education

This is from a collection of manuscripts—mostly class papers— written while Davis was a student at Harvard Divinity School, 1902-1904. This manuscript is clearly for the History 6 class he took during the 1902-03 academic year. On the cover page the professor has written “A.

A lengthy discussion of the Irish Saint Columbanus (543-615).

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Transcription by Davis Baird. Item description based off writing and context provided by Davis Baird.