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finds religious controversy very little further him . Sufch a tnsfa inay indeed be a Unitarian ; nevertheless , this p&rtifcular fcharacter , fahich belotigs but to the drama of controversy , is hot that in vvhich he wishes always to act ; or rather he will desire to act in it as little as possible . May hof a liberal Christian society be constituted without any reference to disputed doctrines ? The Scriptures should be acknowledged as the only standard , and the society shoula bind itself to no human exposition of their sense . It should be understood that in the devotional parts of the service all
controverted points should be avoided as much as possible , and in the didactic parts be only allowed to be introduced as private opinion , with proper deference to others , and in a way conducive to practical improvement . These principles , faithfully adhered to , appear to be sufficient to secure to a Unitarian such a religious service as he could conscientiously partake in , while they would give the society that embraced them a pre-eminence in scriptural simplicity and genuine liberality , of which it might justly be proud . These principles , although not essentially Unitarian , must , in effect , if Unitarianism be true , be tantamount to it ; but then their advantage is , that they
do not assume the truth of Unitarianism as the premises , but assuming premises much less controvertible , they leave Unitarianism t 6 be inferred as a hatural conclusion . Party names are evils : the use of them , however , to some extent , for the purposes of distinction , is inevitable . Having , therefore , disapproved of the term Unitarian , it may be thought incumbent on me to suggest a substitute . I shall mention one , which is of transatlantic invention , at least in this
application of it , but which , I think , might answer extremely well , as distinctive of societies formed on the foregoing principles : let them be called Phila-DELPfclAN . * T . F . B .
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( Continued from p . 338 . ) Oct . 10 . After spending a fortnight in the kingdom of Lorribardy , Venice and Piedmont , I quitted Turin on this day for Pignerolo , twenty miles S . W ., and on the borders of the country inhabited by the interesting people who were the object of my visit . As I was desirous of knowing
what was generally thought of the character of the Vaudois in Piedmont , I had frequently mentioned the intention I entertained of residing a short time amongst them . I was told they were Protestants according to the Church of England , but a very good and friendly set of people , " trfo bows gerls , " and so hospitable that , although they had no tolerable inns , a stranger , whether Catholic or Protestant , need never be at a loss for a lodging amongst
them . Mr . Gilly ' s Narrative had prepared me for finding them " staunch Trinitarians , " and " agreeing both in dbctrme and discipline with the Church of England . " From some extracts , all I had th £ n seen of Leger ' s celebrated history , and from other accounts I had read 6 f them , I expected to find them very rigidly orthodox , and even somewhat fanatical . So that , considering the state of party feeling in England , and judging that the same
¦ - ,. _ -, - _ . _ ' ... ? The reader will find the flame substitutibn of PhUadelphian for Unitarian , recommended in the former Series of the Mon . Repon . XXf . 221 . Edit .
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410 Ttie Waldenm .
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JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE OP TEN WEEKS AMONG THE WALDENSES , OCT . TO DEC . 1826 , BY G . KENRICK .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1827, page 410, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1797/page/18/
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