Contents This section of the manuscript contains an extract of De Spirituali Amicitia (On Spiritual Friendship), a treatise that refers to Cicero’s De Amicitia and proposes that Christ is the ultimate source of spiritual friendship. It was written by Aelred of Rievaulx (1110-1167), an English Cistercian monk, abbot of Rievaulx, and prolific writer.Contents...

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The text begins on f. 18v with the words Epistola Jhesu Christi filii Dei et Marie regule et vite Christiane religionis. Jhesus episcopus, pater dominus et confrater servorum dei; it ends on f. 19v with Confirmatum et sigillatum die Parasceves in monte calvarie sanguine meo precioso. Anno a creacione ejusdem mundi 5233 finit epistola.

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Undated lecture by John Baillie, discussing the absence in Jesus' teaching of specific references to recreation or physical education.

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Note collected on Ìle/Islay about the fish 'blad-fo-lic' that it is shaped like a leabag [flounder] and that it had a 'spot on each side when the saviour caught it.' Text has been scored through as if transcribed alsewhere.

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Undated lecture by John Baillie, discussing the friendships Jesus made (such as with the Disciples) in the context of other Biblical friendships and friendship in general.

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Undated lecture by John Baillie, looking at the conception of God's Kingdom, with its origins in Jewish thinking and developed by Jesus.

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Undated lecture looking at the controversy in theology surrounding the significance Jesus.

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An essay written by John Baillie as a student at New College, Edinburgh, examining how the preaching of John the Baptist relates to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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Lectures given by John Baillie to students at the University of Edinburgh, with amements and updates. Includes Introduction to Theology, Eschatology, The Idea of God, The Doctrine of God, Our Lord Jesus Christ and His place in our Religion.

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Lecture by John Baillie, examining Jesus Christ and the fundamentals behind Christianity.