Calendar: 1862-1863 Page 485

484 THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT Protagoram quidem cui neutrum licuerit nee esse deos nee non esse Horum enim sententiae omnium non modo superstitionem tollunt in qua inest timor inanis deoruin sed etiam religionem quse deorum cultu pio continetur Give short explanatory notes on the above passage where necessary II-Cranilatc into Eattn $h-o Se Whence is it that we are so anxious concerning our life that nothing suffices us and we become burden to ourselves but that we are always foolishly building our nest in this world Whence also are we so dull that our minds grow weary of waiting for the coming of Christ but that they settle down upon the'earth Let us learn then not to judge of things by the estimation of the flesh but to depend on the judgment of God and so by faith let us be carried up to His heavenly throne from which He declares our earthly life to be nothing This truth is one which we need much to dwell upon For though we all confess that nothing is more transitory than our life yet we are each one of us carried away as by some mad impulse to fashion for ourselves an earthly immortality III Liturgt'tal anil 0nulrttc Ci f0 og1 What is the rationale of the position occupied by the Creeds in the services of the Church What was the historical origin of their introduction How had they been used pre- viously State briefly with few examples the principles of interpretation to be applied to the Rubrics of the Prayer- Book The date and authorship of the Athanasian Creed What are its chief characteristics as compared with the other Creeds Collect Give the meaning and derivation of the word What distinguishes Collect from other forms of prayer From what sources are the Collects of the Prayer-Book principally derived