"METICULOUS THEOLOGY"
he danger of regarding belief M an end in itself, or a virtue in itself, has been evident in varying degree throughout the history of the Christian Church (says the Spectator, in discussing the recent report on doctrine in the Church of England).,, That doctrine was never taught by Christ. What He asked of His disciples was that they should believe Him to be the Son of God, and to the man who first and with fullest heart affirmed that belief He gave the in- ■'' junction " Feed My sheep." To find how that can be translated into" terms of common life is the church's ■■ chief task in the twentieth century. '• In that service thousands can be enlisted who are repelled to-day, unreasonably, it may be, by the ide«/ of servitude to a meticulous theo?. logy.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23568, 3 August 1938, Page 11
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