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📘 A posthumous collection follows one mind through several forms

Published in 1840, six years after Coleridge's death, this volume brings together Letters on the Inspiration of the Scriptures, an Essay on Faith, Notes on the Book of Common Prayer, A Nightly Prayer, and A Sailor's Fortune.

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What you’ll learn

  1. Scripture and faithExplain Coleridge's distinction about inspiration and his definition of faith joining reason and will.Reverence does not require treating every biblical passage as separately dictated revelation.
  2. Prayer and public lifeConnect prayer as act, Nelson grief, and inquiry that keeps truth and life together.Do not choose too quickly between thought and devotion; test what makes conscience more awake.

Questions this course answers

What is the collection's central concern?

Its pieces return to revelation, reason, conscience, prayer, and lived community.

What does Coleridge reject about biblical inspiration?

He distinguishes the Bible's spiritual unity from a rigid theory that flattens all passages and genres.

How does Coleridge define faith?

Faith is reason's light and the will's energy, expressed through conscience and conduct.

What does 'Prayer is faith passing into act' mean?

Coleridge values practice while warning that practice without sincerity can become empty lip-work.

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