Excerpt from Bishop Gores Challenge to Criticism: A Reply to the Bishop of Oxford's Open Letter on the Basis of Anglican Fellowship But, once more, it is said, even in the creed, you admit that statements Of fact are in part symbolical. You must admit that, when you say He descended into hell unless you believe that the dead are confined in a hollow place under the ground, you are using symbolical language about an historical event. SO when you say He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God unless you believe that heaven is over our heads, and God the Father has there a throne where the Son literally sits on His right hand [sic, I am not sure that there is not an apodosis missing]. Human language is practically limited by what has fallen within present human experience. With regard, therefore, to what lies outside present human experience, we can only be taught, or formulate our beliefs, in symbolical language - language which is in a measure diverted from its original purpose. This is what S. Paul means when he says We see through a glass. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.