> [[bc-td-05|← Previous]] | [[bc-twelve-degrees-toc|TOC]] | [[bc-td-01|Next →]] # A Correction In order to strengthen and support a certain opinion expressed in this little book I quoted the passage in the Gospel (St. Mark xiii. 32) in which Our Lord states that He was unaware of the date of the final Judgment. To this I inadvertently added a word which, as I have since discovered, does not occur in the Gospel. For the text has simply _'neither the_ _Son knoweth',_ whereas I, thinking rather of the sense than of the wording, and with no intention to mislead, by mistake wrote: 'The Son of Man Himself knoweth not.' (1) On this I based the whole of the subsequent argument, in which I attempted to prove the truth of my assertion by means of an inaccurate quotation. I did not discover my mistake until long after the publication of the pamphlet, and when a number of copies had been made. It is impossible to correct a misstatement in a book which has had a wide circulation, so I have thought it incumbent on me to resort to the only possible remedy an admission that I was wrong. And in another passage I have expressed a definite opinion about the Seraphim which I never heard, and have nowhere read. Here also my readers may well consider that it would have been more reasonable on my part to have said 'I suppose', as I had certainly no desire to offer more than a conjecture on a matter which I was unable to prove from Scripture. It is also possible that the title chosen 'Concerning the Degrees of Humility' may incur censure but this will come only from those who overlook or misunderstand the meaning of that title an explanation of which I have been careful to give in the conclusion of the tract. 1\. S. Mark XIII. 32. --- ![[maps/bibliography#^biblio-bc]] > [[bc-td-05|← Previous]] | [[bc-twelve-degrees-toc|TOC]] | [[bc-td-01|Next →]]