Word: iconoclasts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...introduction Dr. Moxom stated that it was his purpose to bring out the principle underlying the text rather than to point out its historic significance. Jesus did destroy, but His purpose was to plant, to create. If He destroyed existing institutions He established still better ones. He was no iconoclast. Especially at the present day was there a need for paying heed to this constructive side of Christ's work. Young men were inclined at present to be iconoclastic. They forgot that though destruction is easy, construction is a slow and painful process. A man's religion might be fetichism...