Church Unity Studies of Its Most Important Problems
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THE SEAT OF AUTHORITY IN RELIGION This was an essential question at the Reformation. It has been a fundamental doctrine ever since. There are three seats of Divine authority — the Bible, the Church and the Reason. Define Bible, Church and Reason as you may, in any case, God approaches men through each of them. The Christian Church is divided into three great parties — 322 CHURCH UNITY Evangelicals, Churchmen and Rationalists. But there are many subdivisions of these parties, and not a few who t...ake intermediate positions. The Churchmen make the Church supreme over Bible and Reason. The Evangelicals make the Bible supreme over Church and Reason. The Ration- alists make the Reason supreme. The conflict between Roman Catholics and Protestants since the Reformation leaves these two great parties in very much the same relative strength as at the close of the sixteenth century. Two hun- dred years have shown that the one is not to conquer the other. But in the meanwhile the Rationalistic party, which had but few adherents in the sixteenth century, has gained from Roman Catholic and Protestant alike.
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