The Three Creeds - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1908 Excerpt: ... §4 The Monitory Clauses, and the Controversies raised on the use of the Athanasian Creed It is proposed in this section to give a brief account of the objections taken and controversies raised from time to time with regard to the use of the Creed; and, after some consideration of the force of the objections, and an explanation of the monitory clauses, to conclude with a notice of the chief modifications as to the use of the Creed by the Church of England that have been recently suggested. The earliest objections of which we hear, raised to the language or use of the Creed, are in the sixteenth century. Its use in public worship was apparently dropped by most, if not all, of the Protestant and Reformed bodies on the Continent, and in some quarters dislike was expressed of its language, especially by the Socinians and Arians, some of whom delighted to call it the Creed, not of Athanasius, but of Sathanasius. So Valentinus Gentilis, an Arian from Naples, who settled at Genoa about the middle of the century, is said to have termed it; and the silly nickname was caught up by others, as Gregorius Paulus in Poland, and many Arian sectaries in Lithuania. In England no exception appears to have been taken to the position given to it in the Book of Common Prayer until well on in the century, when we hear of objections raised by Thomas Cartwright, the Puritan leader, and others. Cartwright objected to its recitation in church, not apparently on grounds of dissatisfaction with the substance of it, but simply because he said that Arianism was dead, and therefore the Creed was no longer needed. He was answered by Hooker, whose words have been cited above,1 and still earlier by Whitgift, who pointed out that 'Athanasius' Creed is not only an excellent confutation of ...

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