That to Paul and Paul alone this doctrine is indebted for the influence which, down to this time, has been exercised by it. That to a great extent and on many occasions it has been taught by Paul, and that great anxiety has been manifested by him for the enforcement of it.Ĥ. That neither in any of the sayings or acts of Jesus is any countenance whatsoever lent to it: but on the contrary, much and uniform discountenance.ģ. That asceticism is to the whole extent of it a doctrine purely and incontestably mischievous.Ģ. positions have presented themselves as demonstrable-viz.ġ. and for the designation of which the word Asceticism is here employed.Ĭoncerning the doctrine of Asceticism, four three MS ‘three’. Magnification of faith as opposed to works 3. Magnification of faith absolutely considered 2. and as belonging therefore to a religion of Paul’s own invention, call it for example Paulism, we come now to that which stands last-mentioned, In a manuscript at 161–155 (23 August 1817), Bentham had listed Paul’s doctrines as 1.
in the preceding volumes of ‘Not Paul, but Jesus’.
Of the doctrines above noticed as having been taught by Paul, though they had not been taught by Jesus, i.e. Asceticism what-its opposition to Utility-their relation to Happiness, pleasure and pain