After reading Mr. Streeter's book, we realize fully the dismay felt by zealous High Churchmen at the inroads of Modernism and unbelief in the Church of England. Most of his restatement is a symbolic reinterpretation of the creeds in the light of modern German rationalism, and his notion of reunion is an illogical, "comprehensive" alliance or federation of think-as-you-please Churches. Our author believes that "the future of Christianity depends on its being proved to be possible to dissociate belief in the Divinity of ...
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After reading Mr. Streeter's book, we realize fully the dismay felt by zealous High Churchmen at the inroads of Modernism and unbelief in the Church of England. Most of his restatement is a symbolic reinterpretation of the creeds in the light of modern German rationalism, and his notion of reunion is an illogical, "comprehensive" alliance or federation of think-as-you-please Churches. Our author believes that "the future of Christianity depends on its being proved to be possible to dissociate belief in the Divinity of Christ from any necessary dependence on the Virgin Birth;" that "as the interpretation of Scripture has been revolutionized in our time, the creeds must also be reinterpreted;" that it is absurd to select sixty-five books of the Old Testament and the New and call them alone inspired; that" the language of St. Paul was in no sense philosophic, but picture thinking (sic) derived from contemporary Apocalyptic," as, for instance, his conception of the Person of Christ: "that the traditional statements of the doctrines of the Incarnation and the Atonement are out of touch with modern thought;" "that the original type of organization in the primitive Church was not intended to last." Mr. Streeter says a great deal about the need of authority in his book, but of course it is not the infallibility of the Catholic Church, which "is the tyrant's claim," but an authority which "does not coerce minorities or believe in the right of compulsion, but consists solely in moral prestige." An authority, in a word, that will allow a man to be free to hold any doctrine that he pleases, and to obey a command when it suits his fancy. Will you say that this is illogical? Our author will reply " that the man or the Church with a gift for logical system is the most likely of all to reach wrong conclusions." Are we reading Alice in Wonderland? -- New Catholic World - Volume 100 - Page 395 [1915]
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