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une r £ gie de foi . Les mots d'hirisie et d' oTtJiodoxie > ce dernier surtout 3 leur sont presque iittotimjs . Ps ^^ : ^ e ^ pn ^ j ^^ t ^ ii ^ ce que n ' est qu ' un dogme , car ils n » ont jafriiafe tr ^ r ^ cfe ^ ttfel tfiiiste £ nvfesNacres , et leur premiere r £ gle est de s'y tenir relig $ e ^ sefiienf > Mutant pour les choses que pour les mots . On n' entendit jamais parler parmi eux de disputes de religion , et ils sont scandalises lors qu ' on leur dit qu'il y a de& soi-disant Chretiens ,
( jui au lieu de s ' appliquer d bien faire perdent leur terns a disputer sur ce sujet . Le Synode quails assemblent tous les deux ans n ' a d' autre destination cpe de mamtenir Tordre parmi les eglises . II ne s w inge * re point dans les affaires de la foi , parceque ckaque Vaudois est en cela son propfe juge , et qu'il n en reconnoitroit jamais d'autre au dessiis de lui que V tvangue . " In an appendix the author cites all the passages in which " the fundamentals of Christianity are laid down , " and subjoins f * Tous ces passages se ^ apportent a *
celui-ci : La vie kternelle est de ne reconnoitre pour le Seul vtaiEtieuque toi 9 et J 4 su 8 Christ que tu as envoye * . Ce < pii vfeiit dire , que les seuls articles dont la croyance est iiecessaire pour obtenir la Vie eternelte sont eetrx que l ^ ecrivain sacre dfeign ^/ dafi # dgs ; pfe ^^ r ' - ' ^^ 'fe « rcEfj % ndlnnen ^ < & la religion ChrMetMe . Le ^ ati ^^ B v § rit 4 ge ^ ^ T explication particulidre de dhaciindeses disdiple ^ Dispersed throughout the and
work , are some smart reflections 1 on trie narr 6 ^ illiberal spirit manifested by the reformed churched * Fart II . p ; 31 , in particular , he says of them , c en lisant la conlefesbh de M de thacyil d * elles * on diroit en efiet qu-elles CMrt autant de religions diflferentes . Si tous les : Chretiens comma les Vaudois n ^ avoient cherche que dan s ? EVaiigile-cef qu'il est neeessaire de croire pour etre un ^ rai disciple de Jesus , on ne conHoitroit plus ees querelles indeceritfes qui out si souvent eu lieu entf' evuiJ * He intimates ^ however , that the dm ^ of
rd&evof tm ancient vaudois became de&e ^ erafed under the influence the Swiss reformer ^ at whose instanee , ( sindf contrary to the judgment of some of th $ most respectable of the Barbies ^ they drew up new creeds " deciding upon pointe which the Saviour himself had left undecided . " Part If . pp . 44 , 45 , et passim . It must be owned , the reader of Leger ' s " Histoire des Vaudois , I 66 & ^ will
derive from the perusal of it a very different impression respecting fee MM £ s of thinking among them from that which M . Brez ' s and M . R ^ aiti ^ M accotmts qonvey . It should be remembered , however * that Leg ^ r ^ rote ^ with a view of conciliating , in behalf of his suffering Mow-countryme ^ ^ ^ yR ^ l pathy and support of the Calvinists of Switzerland , Holland ; , an ^ 'En ^ arki The fact ; I am inclined to think , is this : the ancient Waldenses were -- © taW
tians according to the symbol of the apostles alone , which , it is on all'bands otvned , has been in all ages their creed . Of this , however , they Sttb&quetltty gave orthodox commentaries and interpretations 9 ( e . g . i ( Io credo uri Dio Paire . Qual Dioe una Trineda . " Vide Leger , ) and added to it other contradictory creeds . The small but inestimable pearl of primitive Christian truth thus became incrusted with a shell , perhaps necessary to its preservation at a period when it would have been trampled on and lost . The shell&noW , however , worn so thin 9 that the treasure it disfigures and partly conceals c # n , with attentive observation , be clearly seen to shine through !
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 814, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/30/
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