Shipwreck of Faith and Free Thought Provokes Debate
The writer laments the defection of a learned defender of Biblical themes to doubt and infidelity. The piece condemns the idea that free inquiry risks moral ruin, calls for patience and calm, and urges continuing to hold to old beliefs while seeking new understanding.
State Church question griping three quarterlies debate
The piece surveys three leading quarterlies on the State Church issue, noting Edinburgh’s anti Liberal stance and a pro Free Church view. It argues Free Churchism is on the rise, defends Nonconformists, and critiques Stuart Stoughton’s criticisms while contrasting American religious liberty with Britain’s Establishment.
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Edinburgh
Liberal Party
Stoughton
John ‘Stoughton
England
Oliver Cromwell
Laud
Scotland
Jesuits
Society of the Jesuits
Cardross
Free Church of Scotland
Macmillan
Lord Deas
America
Lord Robert Montagu
United States
Robert Montagu
Episcopal Church
Dean Stanley
Westminster Review
Bellarmine
Hobbes
Hooker
Edmund Burke
Coleridge
Gladstone
Broad Church
Westminster
Church of England