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4 R ? 1 Vjf t ^ J ^ e T ) octrine of the Trinity founded neither on Scripture nor op , Reason < w < i Common Sense , but on Tradition and the Infallible Chiw cfi , $ c . By ^ illiam Hamilton Drummond , D . p , 2 d Edit * Dutyin , l |^
In the ' course of the religious controversy which has , for some thrie ^ jpakt , occupied the public attention in Ireland , it has been usual with both the co ' nteWdSng parties to abuse the Unitarians ; the Roman Catholics , nbwevef , admitting that without the authority of an infallible church the doctrine of the Trinity cannot he maintained ; whilst the Protestants urge , that it is
defensible on the principles of private judgment and " rests on a scriptural foundation . " Dr . Drummond , one of the ministers of Strand-Street Meet * ing-fiotise , in Dublin , a gentleman well known by several poetical publications ^ arid 'generally considered to be an Arian , has come forward , in a pamphlet , which has in a very short time reached a second edition , to maintamyi ^ opposition to some of the disputants , that " the doctrine of the Trinity isifeuri < JetJ neither onScripture nor on reason and common sense , b ' tit ciii traiiition and the infallible church ; " and this work he has , with Roy and Dr .
great ^ rbMety ^ dedicated to Rammohun Channing . In a sfiprt atlbtr ^ ss % the reader , Dr . Drummond " divides all Christians into two derioimn&tidnsV Unitarians and Trinitarians . With their various subdivisions lie 6 ! 6 es not interfere , deeming it enough , at present , to contend for the Supreme Deity of God alone , and believing that every departure from that doctnrie * leads'to a perversion of the Scriptures , and the adoption of opinions hostile -to ' tbe religion of the gospel . " We wish that this course were more generally adoptedy because , though we attach importance to our own peculiar views of Christian doctrine , we consider the distinction between the
worshipers of xa Trinity in Unity , and those who maintain the Supreme Deity of One God * -to be a much more important one , as it regards practice ,, than that between those called Ariansand Socinians . " The more simple , " says Dr . IDrumindndp ^ the creed of Christians , the more chance of harmony ; In proportion as the chords of a masical instrument are multiplied , the diffieulty of preserving concord is increased . A belief in the one * living and true God , and that he is a rich rewarder of those who diligently seek him ;
and in Jesus Christ , his well-beloved Son , that he is the author of eternal salvation to all who obey him , commingled with that charity which the inspired apostle declares to be superior to faith and hope , and without which , there is no Christianity , should be a sufficient . bond of fraternity and affection among all who would be followers of Christ , not in nameonL y ^ bubin deed / and In truth . " Agreeably to this opinion , Dtj Drummond confiaea his attention to the defence of those common tenets which , under 4 heJname
of ? Socinianism , are ¦ * ' stigmatized as leprosies and soul-destroying ? hetesies by » those who see them only with a mind diseased and a jaundi&ed &jg \ and tbrougbthe distd ^ tihg '' and discolouring medium of human creeds . ^ I ^ S In our opinion , Dr . Drummond has performed well the task he haafciuld ^ rlaken ^^ uEid » ha 8 proved himself a worthy successor of Em ^ vni , ivho waslminister > fiAhe \ : oongregati 6 n . Ajiojiwhicb . that new Meeting in ; Strand-Stre « tt has legutorly suct ^ eded ^ wti the timeavhen iJie ^ rficamttiJfchei oh ^ act ^ bftAWCju dtaijy persecution for . teaching the same doctrine of the Hnigrj »« f oCtodi Jif&m
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1827, page 741, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1801/page/29/
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