The War and the Church, and Other Addresses; Being the Charge Delivered at His Primary Visitation, 1914 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914. Excerpt: ... THE PLACE OF SYMBOLISM IN RELIGION 1 One purpose of The Constructive Quarterly is to give representatives of the different religious communities of Christendom an opportunity of expressing as clearly as possible what they stand for; in part that they may learn to understand themselves and one another; in part also that those who desire to serve the cause of union may take note of the real obstacles in their path and study them carefully, so as to get upon the lines of least resistance in furthering the cause of unity, or at least be made fully aware at what points the deepest difficulties are certain to arise. In the September number the Rev. F. J. Hall states "the Anglican position constructively." With his statement I find myself in cordial agreement. But among his "affirmations" I find the following: "The Catholic Faith is to be maintained in its purity and 1 Reprinted from the Constructive Quarterly, see Preface. integrity, as contained in the Scriptures, summed up in the Creeds, and affirmed by the undisputed General Councils." Now of course there are those among us Anglicans who would oppose such an affirmation, but it is not with them I am concerned. I am concerned rather with the type of mind which is called Modernist; which is conscious how the practical and devotional life of the church is bound up with its Creed, and how the different "articles" of Catholic belief are connected together as links of a vital whole--which accordingly desires to retain in its integrity the Catholic tradition, but at the same time insists that it should not be pressed upon the intellect with "a crude literalism." In particular it is conscious of the intellectual opposition which exists among educated men to-day to belief in such physical miracles as are recorded in ...