The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-08-27

ATURDAY, AUGUST 81, 18
once heard characterized by an
eminent clergyman as the 'Plar =
chette theory, No "syllogistic
form" is necess ssary to draw out, or
get at, my belief in this matter.
MosT AssuREDIY DO NOT BELIEVE
IN THE VERBAL OR PLENARY, OR
PLANCHETTE, THEORY OF BIBLICAL
INSPIRATION, And will you tell
me why ! should: ilIyou kind
| ly tell me when the Church of
God ever deereed that l or any
one else, should Has the Church
of God ever framed any theory,
or definition, of Biblical lnspira-
ton that Is binding upon Chris
tian believers! II so, produce
that theory OF definition.
You have quoted the Very Rev.
A. p. Stanley, late Dean of West
minister Perhaps you will enjoy
another quotation from the same
great scholar and salnt3 subject,
v
Verbal, or Plenary, Inspiration,
Says Stanley; ''It is no doctrine
of the Church of England, that
every part Of the Bible is inspired,
or is the word of God; ,.,, that
every part was written under the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
...,...,The crude notions which
prevailed twenty years ago l85sy
on the subject of biblical iuspira-
tion, have been SO completely
abandoned. o.GS to be hardly any
h..ere maintained by theological
scholars, today. ...,,.The idea
of verbal, or plenary, inspiration
is, IN actual fact, accepted by
hardly any educated man.
lSee Usher Professionalism, :
PIP 13I & 1872
Another quotation from the
present Dean of Canterbury, the
Very Rev. T. W. Farrar, ON the
subject of plenary inspiration,
may also please you, ST." he
says, "sprang from heathenism,
and it leads to infdelity,' DO,
p 1857 1t may interest you
and perhaps the pubic-to learn,
that verbal or plenary, inspiration
has been emphatically rejected and
repudiated by such eminent and
scholarly "Church of England
men" as: Archbishop Whately.
Archbishop Temple, Dean Milman,
Bishop ThirIwall, Bishop Ieryey
Rev. Thomas Arnold, Rev. T. W,
Robertson, Rev. f. d. Maurice
Rev. III. b. Wilson, Rev. H. Il,
Haweis, Canon Fremantle, BlshoI
Burnet, Bishop Baxter, Prof
Jowett, Archbishop Tillotson
Bishop Hampden, Dean Afford
Dean Conybeare, Bishop Heber
and Bishop Horsley.
Now, my Dear Sir, after a few
more words, ! am done for the
present; and willing to stay done
if you are, If you are not; /
YOU are still under conviction
that the public need be enlightened
as to our positions, and are eagel
to enlighten them yet further
why, there is nothing easier THAI
for me to assist you in fulfilling
your altruistic desire.
Before bringing this letter to
close, it may he we'll to ask wha
force, or significance, attaches t.
the word, "even,' in the 9th para
. graph of your article, in the
phrase, "even with his idea o
God"
Let me ada that [ did not seeI
publication for the sermon tina
gave you offence. It's publication
was requested by number of tn
leading and most intelligent citi
zens in the community. 1t wa
not meant to be controversial, no
was it. The burden of it was
that the best men, today, arei pos
sessed of far nobler, truer, high
! er, and profounder, idea of A
mighty God, because, as | be
lieye, the Divine Christ lived
labored, taught, died, on thi
; earth; because there is the ''visio
from Calvary, than ever dweI
: : in the heart or mind of the bes
men, of the greatest religion