Theology, And Not Religion, the Source of Division And Strife in the ...
Theology, And Not Religion, the Source of Division And Strife in the ...
Charles Lowell
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I leave it to you to de- cide, my hearers, whether the friends or the foes of controversy are acting most consistently with the principles of the reformers? Who is it that impugns, virtually, if not intentionally, the suffi- ciency of the scriptures, and interferes with the right of free, unshackled inquiry? Is it, or is it not the theological dogmatist^ who insists on the reception of his views of religion as the only indi- cation of an enlightened mind, or of a sanctified heart? After all, fo...r myself, I have no contention with theological controversy, as such. It is only when it identifies itself with religion, and assumes to be lawfully contending under the banners of the cross, ^ In using this term I use it technically, and not reproachfully. 3 18 that I lifl-my voice against it. It is when it would encumber David with the armour of Saul, instead of allowing him to go forth in his own simple garb to smite the Philistine with his sling and his stone. It is when it comes into the church, and kindles its strange fire upon the altar, and obscures by its smoke the pure and brilliant flame of divine truth which is burning there.
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