LECTURE IV 



THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS 



We have come to the chief turning-point in our dis- 

 cussions. During the previous three lectures we have 

 been considering the physical aspects of our subject, 

 whereas in the remaining three lectures we shall be 

 concerned primarily with its theological aspects. Be- 

 fore proceeding further, therefore, it seems worth while 

 to enunciate the chief conclusions which have been 

 reached, the theological implications of which are yet 

 to be reckoned with. They may be summarized in the 

 following propositions : 



1. The concrete subject-matters of theological and i 

 physical sciences intersect at certain points. Thus 

 both ahke are concerned with the origin, nature, and 

 primitive state of the human species. But, whereas 

 theology investigates the superphysical and spiritual 

 aspects of these matters, physical science is concerned i 

 with their physical and mechanical aspects. 



2. It follows that neither theological nor physical 

 science by itself is scientifically complete, and neither one 

 is in a position to dictate terms to the other. Each 

 science has its certainties, and in the interests of truth 

 must maintain them. But theologians and physical 

 scientists are under a hke necessity of having regard 

 for each other's established conclusions, partial though 



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