Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-27

Commenting on the ordination of Dr.
BriEgs.the whllom Presbyterian herctic.
~ a minister of the Episcopal church
and the objections raised against It. the
New York Nation says!
We venture to say that not one n
the clcrgyinrn who have come out In
protest against Professor BRIGGS could
stand literal cfosaacNafninatlnn on
all the articles. The simple truth II
that, except for purposes 81 hercsy
hunting, the great theological crccda
are never revived NJ living whole.
They are not now vital In the con-
fciousucsa ~ those who are supposed
TO be bound by them
That IL rather hard on the orthodox
ministers. and harder stlll on the or
thodox crecda. what IL to be thought
form. to the thirty articles Of the
Erlscopallan church. and at TIM
same time do not hold them
vital In their consciousness"
And what may justly BE- said n
o theological creed which. protesting
to b. essential. l. not TO b. viewed Ne
"a living whole" nor binding on those
HNNNNNH'M ~ ~" NHMNAA ~ ~
II seems 10 a iookcr-on that either
those crccds should be abandoned OF
reformed. or men having a proper re-
gard for the truth should refrain from
subscribing to them. unless they can
fully and sincerely cndorse and defend
them.
The lack Of faith among Episcopal
clcfsymen In the thirty-nlne articles
and In the Athannaian creed-whlch
commences; "whosocvor will be- saved.
before all things he must hold the
Catholic faith. which faith except he
do keep. whole and uudenled. he shall
without doubt perish eycriastinRiy''-
u no greater than the drcadcnce
u belief In the Westminster
confession on the part Of many Pres
bytefihn ministers. Yet they all sub
scribe to those dogmaa. In form. and
are supposed 10 teach them as vital
principles 81 faith.
This general feeling ~ doubt on those
old and. IN some respects. Irrational
and horrible doctrines. increases the
skcpticism ~ mankind ~ 10 the d.
NAAAAN - ~ NfANNANhH HNHNAA"H - '"
evident that those cr,eds are u human
origin. II IL clear that God had M
voice In their formation. Therefore
all declarations as To their binding ma.
turc upon the conacicnccs u men and
women, are mere assumptions, When
that IL admitted or perceived. farewell
10 tho pretended authority q, their
trainers and their cSpoundefn.
"Iiercsy-huntcta' have no Juatlnca-
,ion In their pursuance " the unoriho-
dox. N II IL confessed that the great
Theological crccda" are not vital In the
consciousness ~ those who nrc sup
posed to bo bound by them" CH'y upon
the hypothesis ~ their css-nti |ity and
dlslnlty can their advocates and cham
pidns arsaii their fellows who depar,
from their accepted siEnihoaiicn.
The simple truth viii gradually dawn
on tho minds OF the thoughtful. that
no creed II true standard Of Chris
tian faith which u not given by Christ
himself, That there can BE- no divine
authority among men without present
divine communication. And that any
church or system claiming To be- divine.
which does not enjoy revelation and
Inspiration from God II a prc,cndcr and
sham.
The truth In all crecda and all rya-
toms. heather M wcii aa "chrirtlan,'
originally came frum God and Il good
The error In them all IL ~ man and
20 be rejected a. riun ne detected lie
who prctenda to subscribe IN that which
h. does not believe Il to be- deHplsed.
And no man IL jus,lncd In claiming the
right 90 speak for Deity. who has not
been diviuely appointed In the way that
God himself has authorized. That which
christ reveals and commands II vital
and essential and only that Il blndlns
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