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selves by degrees , involved in discusukis a « voluminous as those on the Lnod at Dort or the Council of TtfO * . No ! the Unitarians I am acquainted with wiH not consent to this . They will set their faces against such dictation , and maintain the right of
private judgment . I cannot conclude without observing , that I know a gentleman who calls himself a Calvinistic Unitarian , and I believe there are many of his opinion . By tiiis I understand that he
interprets scripture according to the principles of Monsieur Chaiivin , except to what relates to the unity of God ; aud for . my own part , I conceive that he has as full a right to the title of Unitarian as Mr . BeJsham or
myself , this right not being abrogated by hjs opinions on other subjects . Indeed it would be very hard upon Unitarians , if they were to be judged by the opinions which some of the body may choose ^ to promulgate . 1 agree with Mr . Belsham as far as , the divine unity is concerned ; but
beyond that , our views of scripture are in many respects widely different ; and if to be a Unitarian it is necessary to adopt my good friend ' s opinions on these points , I am very willing , and I am in this respect not singular ,
to give up my pretensions to be en rolled among his Unitarians . Ever , Sir , four ' s , W . FREND . Sm ,
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on the ground that the word Is not opposed to the belief of three Gods , but to the belief of three persons in the Godhead . In this last statement I perfectly concur with the respectable author , and it might serve to justify his view of the matter , if there were no Christians in the world but such as believe the doctrine of three
persons and those who are in the habit of styling themselves Unitarians . But as this is far from being the case , the appropriation of the term to one particular class only , of those who dissent from the Athauasian hypothesis , cannot reasonably be considered as
descriptive or proper . Were not such men as Chandler , Price , Towgood and Worthington , Unitarians , precisely according , to Mr . Aspland ' s accurate definition of the term ? But it would be extremely incorr
ect to represent these men as forming a part of that class of Christians who are usually called by that name . And where shall we place such men as Doddridge , Orton , Palmer , cum multis aliis , who never contended for that scheme to which Mr .
Aspland says the term is opposed , and yet were decidedly hostile to the distinguishing sentiments of those whom it is employed to designate ? AJ 1 who are not Trinitarians have an equal right to be considered and designated as
Unitarians ; but as many of this description , both of high renown and inferior name , do not belong to those who claim to be so called , I cannot , in justice and truth , acquiesce in their claim . There is a most obvious and
palpable inaccuracy in it . It appears , therefore , to me , that Mr . Aspland has totally failed in his attempt to justify the prevailing use of the term ; and indeed , that it cannot be justified at all , —not as opposed
to three gods , because there are none who hold that sentiment , *—not as opposed to three persons in the Godhead , because many who dissent from that tenet , still agree with the majority of Christians on other points , and differ most of all from those who
would be denominated Unitarians . PA STOR .
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«< Pastor , " ota , the Term Unitarian . —Soak-Worm . No . XXII . 355
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Y HAVE no wish to interfere with 1 the question at issue between Mr . frend and Mr . Belsharn , respecting the term " Unitarian , " but their letters on this subject have revived in Ny mind , that surprise which the common application of the word has , 1 believe , often produced in the minds ° f thousands . Some time ago , I was ^ uctc with Mr . Asplaud ' s explanaton and defence ^ of that application , Jjh i * Reply to Mr . Norris , on the Klble Society . It did not appear to ¦ fc to comport with that gentleman ' s * Nvn discernment and frankness . I . n <> t his pamphlet in my pqsses-^ n at present , therefore I cannot JN e his words * Butif I am not
, ^ Jfcken , he considered the term as n d « seriptive of the sect , of which w to active a ifurnber and so bright ^ ^ rtient . And he defended , I m * ths mnn \ appropriate of it ,
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Book-Worm . No . XXII . Sir , ' June 11 , 1815 . 1 TN the XVth number , of these paper JL ( M * Repos . ix , $ 95 . ) I alluded to
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1815, page 355, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1761/page/27/
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