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of the duplex nature of church orthodoxy . What plain man who rejoices in his faith as a member of the Church of England , ever adverts in mind to the glories of Athanasian mystery ? Do you ask for his creed ; his tongue and his mind are prepared , and he rapidly runs over his t € 1 believe iu God , the Father Almighty , maker , " &c , &c , and is satisfied with himself and his orthodoxy . At Church ,
it is true , the Athanasian Creed is " sung or said" in his presence hut whether the clergyman commences with " Whosoever will be saved , " or , as in the Romish church , disguises it under the Latin of ' * Quicuncrue vult , " is of little consequence ; his auditory comprehend it not , or , if they do , they feel that it is no creed of theirs , and do not much believe th-at it is the creed of their pastor . The Established sect itself may , in time , discover that the Janus-mask of its
twofaced creeds has the unintended effect of concealing the operations of those who are sapping its foundations , by admitting within its pale the promulgators of extreme Calvinism , thus giving to many , who must otherwise have been Dissenters , the richest bonnes douches among its store of fat things .
The fourth position of our candid and naif Editor is , his discovery that Unitarians in their prayers end with a supplication to God through the Saviour . That is to say , Unitarians are Christians , in the full and efficient sense of the word , for they believe that " there is one God and one Mediator between God and men ,
the man Christ Jesns , " and , so believing , they address their prayers and supplications accordingly . This is worth recording , as the deliberate conclusion of a tnan who has evidently a general acquaintance with his Bible , and an abiding impression of its contents and requirements . He is surprised and pleased to rind that a sect often calumniated as
unbelievers , are , in fact , fully entitled to the honourable name of Christiana . Alas ! that the true Apostles 1 Creed , just quoted , was ever forsaken , thereby converting the olive-branch of a religion of peace into an exterminating sword ;
making it the interest of priests to disguise aud conceal their dogmas by the adoption of a graduated scale of creeds ; aud the interest of laymen to shut their eyes against the deformities of the doctrines enjoined as ** necessary to salvation" !
To conclude , fifthly—the Journalist declares that the Unitarian doctrine is worthy of all acceptation to every ' rational Christian . —Jubilate ! This term , which
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was once assumed as a dUtinefcton bf those who held the tin-mysterious nature of the gospel doctrines <; which was perpetuated by their enemies as a term of reproach , is here , in the frank cordiality of new acquaintance , applied from a quarter of unquestioned orthodoxy , as a laudable and decisive characteristic ! To
what party in the church is attached the reproach of ' Puritanism" in the closing lines of my extract , I inquire not farther , leaving the Establishment to the fate of a house divided against itself . But I will hope , even though it seem against all hope , that the time will come when the general spread of kuowledge will shew to an enlightened people , that the " true i
worshipers * ' being those who worship the Father in spirit and iu truth , " and the true Christians , those who " believe ii * one God the Father , and in Jesus Chris * whom he hath sent , " all further forms are burdensome and unnecessary ; that , gathered into one . fold , under one shepherd , there raav be no invidious
distinctions of Churchman and Dissenter ; but that every man , interpreting the words of Scripture according to the best means afforded him by his owu humble , serious , and careful inquiry , unquestioned and uureproached by his neighbour , shall take to himself the simple and universal appellation of Christian . Z .
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On the Resurrection . To the Editor . Sir , Nov . 4 , 1829 . On looking over the contents of the last Number of your Repository , as it was put into ruy hands , I turned , with cousiderable eagerness , to an article in the Miscellaneous Correspondence , on the Resurrection , which 1 found to be a reply to a communication of mine on the
same subject , which was inserted in the number for last May . Notwithstanding the honourable sneer with which the writer sets out at my assumed name of Enquirer , I read it with every dispose tion to receive instruction , but though he is very confident in the truth of his > own views , and ridicules the idea of inquiry on the subject , 1 must remain unconvinced till he produces more cogeut arguments .
Those of your readers who honoured my paper with a perusal , will recollect that 1 endeavoured to shew that the bodily resurrection of Jesus on the third day , and hU visible appearance to his disciples , though highly useful at ) 4 satisfactory to them , does not form a ueces ^
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Miscellaneous Corvespondenee . 885
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1829, page 883, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2579/page/67/
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