The first is an uncovering of the thoughts of the infinite mind. The second is an application of the finite mind to what is revealed, to determine its requirements for ourselves. Revelation is infallible, but we have no infallible interpretation. When any man, or any group of men in collaboration, set up their views, opinions or interpretations as the basis of fellowship, they create a human creed. It is useless to condemn the Roman Catholics for claiming to have an infallible interpreter, then proceed as if we have an infallible interpretation.
Editors are no more infallible than the pope.
We should be grateful that God has not made our salvation from sin contingent upon orthodoxy, nor upon conformity to any set of opinions announced as essential by well-meaning, but partisan men. Our salvation is hinged upon faith in Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of God. This is the foundation that has been laid. Other foundation can no man lay as a basis of Christian unity. The folly of attempting it is evidenced by the factions and sects which men have created while making a vain plea for unity.