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‘There is much talk today of a religious attitude which is Christian, but has no use for the Church. Every newspaper and magazine is full of it. Even those who ought to know better play with such talk. We rise from the contemplation of Christian experience throughout the centuries with no uncertain conviction about the matter. There is written in the great creeds of Christendom besides the most sacred assertions concerning the nature of God and the redemption of man this confession “I believe in one Catholick and Apostolick Church”. It was Christian experience which showed that that article could not be separated from the rest of the faith.’
B. L. Manning Christian Experience through the Centuries (1927) in Essays in Orthodox Dissent 1939 p. 25.‘I have nothing to say at the finish except that if one wants a permanent rock in life and goes deep enough for it, it is difficult for historical events to shake it. There are times when we can never meet the future with sufficient elasticity of mind, especially if we are locked in contemporary systems of thought. We can do worse than remember a principle which both gives a firm Rock and leaves us the maximum elasticity for our minds; the principle: Hold to Christ, and for the rest be totally uncommitted.’
H. Butterfield Christianity and History 1949 pp. 145–6.- Type
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- Religion and Public Doctrine in Modern England , pp. 191 - 250Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1980