Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
Whoever denies the fall, the Deity of Christ, and his vicarious sacrifice for men, is, whatever else he may hold, a Unitarian. Nor have the Unitarians in the least relaxed the earnestness or firmness with which they cleave to this denial. There may be a few exceptional cases of men who adopt, in a vague and confused sense, some of the phrases of modern Pantheistic Sabellianism, somewhat after the fashion of Dr. [Horace] Bushnell. Besides this, doubtless, all shades of opinion respecting the person of Christ exist among them, from pure Humanitarianism, to the high Arianism of those who, like Mr. [George E.] Ellis, freely term Christ a divine person, but most strenuously deny that he is God.
It is also true that the Unitarian body, as our author freely confesses, has always included almost every variety of opinion on other topics. It is true that their cardinal and distinctive negations require, and quite uniformly produce, lax views of inspiration, in order to their vindication. It is also true that logical consistency, or if not this, a due concinnity [sic] of thinking and feeling, requires them to be sceptical and chary in regard to the doctrine of future and eternal punishment. This they generally explicitly reject, or treat with prudent reserve. In regard to divine influence in purifying the soul, some avow a vague belief in something of the kind, without defining precisely what they mean by it.
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It is also true that the Unitarian body, as our author freely confesses, has always included almost every variety of opinion on other topics. It is true that their cardinal and distinctive negations require, and quite uniformly produce, lax views of inspiration, in order to their vindication. It is also true that logical consistency, or if not this, a due concinnity [sic] of thinking and feeling, requires them to be sceptical and chary in regard to the doctrine of future and eternal punishment. This they generally explicitly reject, or treat with prudent reserve. In regard to divine influence in purifying the soul, some avow a vague belief in something of the kind, without defining precisely what they mean by it.
For the reference, see:
Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater on the doctrines of Unitarianism
Whoever denies the fall, the Deity of Christ, and his vicarious sacrifice for men, is, whatever else he may hold, a Unitarian. Nor have the Unitarians in the least relaxed the earnestness or firmne…
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