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this * opposition df telrtas $ it- ' wottfd be equally the part , not only of tdminon Me , but eteii © f the
highest uaitefstittdrng , to give the preference to that which iiiust be best ; and human Gbnstmtiky however speciously adorned , can be trot ill Regarded * when cem .
pared witn tba * which is divine . *' Thufe , Sir , rational Christianity is hulttttti Christianity $ that of the Ctttirch 5 * divirie , —^ he o ne invented by man , the other reve&led by God . Year dbe&i eftt Sstvat * t ,
FIDEUS ; No . III . T& the Editor of the Reading Mercury . Sir , To dissipate the ttnhappj
ieelrogs 6 t Fidelis , and others , who , like him , lament the intto--ducfcioi * oi terms tk > t found in tfectr theological voicabul&ry , per . -tttti tne to make the following
statement in justification of the phrase Rational Christianity ? God fit ^ t made man a rational creature ^ wbSA then revealed himself ^ him # consequently ttU revelalim ^ itnntt be rational , not putiadox-
ical , not a " r ^ veal ^ cl myfeteir ^ bul posseeeing a commensurate Sttifobili ty ^ - ^ ft fi triew wnti v a ^ ap * tbtion to ourcoHnnoB intelligence < md tiiukerstahSding i that m , i ^ iust
be capable of being understood , < mndv * sy of eothpr ^ iensibn ^ othertofae tJii d <^ rgn of it > u ^ A eh is to f ^ ve to in to thte proper know , Ifftige of' b * s Mteiker ^ would be tfrwstmled ^ This view of Wve ~
JbtKXn ^ Aiwanr * the sabred pa ^ ^ es > tfc « ms * i v ^ , < , tti whw ? b sinful jBieh Are ravi ^ ed to 4 coiwe and * Ytellt 0 & ta ^ edteelr wilt © od / 1 ind
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an htffnbfe submis ^^ ft to hfo fcifeffcy , with ^ faeticatH ^ eyR enc e to / thfe gospelj H e&ll&dj ** reasonable setiteb / 9 In the d&fk age ^ of ptopbHiIgnorance , this rational Vi e * frf l * eu
velatibn ^^ dsf obsdUred i and tfb ^ i . trihes ivere taogHtj by-the assiinied itifstllibt-lity of the Church * at tvhicii 4 C reason was confounded , and faith herself stood . aghast . *' To shelter such dottHWBs froth
inquiry * the rtfaxim (** ttnb ^ prpiilv ^) was introduced * ih&t te& ~ son and fc * velatioti are Opposed th each othfefi The Refbrtlmtidfr discarded scrae of these
ttoetrines , bu t haviog netained otters of them , it is still found necessary to retain ttoe old popish ma ^ im above stat ^ d > for teelr flefeitce : that by thfe £ fy ^> f tW ^ |* e - sutfl ^ tiort and ^ roftirii ^ of ** &&& /' men might bfe d ^ tetrbd fifiim ^ ^ t-
amihing s \ ich docttirte ^ by ffe light of re ^ ftl ^ tipln . Th ? s # drtruitfstfinc ^ si Si ^ haV 6 grtiefli * tp& to ^ tie phrase Ratictial Gbtfetianity , " « 6 4 * unhappily" ( for Fidells ) how ** introduced ilito Reading * and axhfeftised in your
paper ; meaning Christianity' understood in th « light of its own evidence . This is opposed tQ irrational Christianity , oi that which is believed b y fetifit <> n ChUrth authority , wfthtujt teitig tinderstood . '
The grt&t patro ^ frt of UatioOal Ghrbtimiity h ^^ t tedii Arrflbishop Tillotsbh , Heurtoti , Lotte , Bishop Hoadly , Dr- Clarke , » V . fm } $ &cc . If it be criminal to understand what th ^ jr be ^ v , ed 5 pud ( under Ctrisi our Lord and Mas * ter ) to be pupifs of ^ uc ll men ^ then the Uatioadl Cferifcaim ^ of
vfbeMinga freely ^ onfoiHi eit gtliiv
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lit Rational Cftri&i&m
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1814, page 112, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2437/page/40/
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