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...Middle Ages, the universities were huge; but the men there spoke and wrote one language--Latin--and were bound together by the church. Today scholarship cannot be one in the same sense. The unity comes in another way. Every year more American students go to Germany, and, as a result, a revolution of thought is occurring. The arrival of German professors in this country brought something few could get until then, for only the wealthy could afford to pursue their studies abroad. Of these professors, Professor Kuehnemann is one of the most cherished. President Lowell closed with these words: "When...
...since the sixteenth century has there been such an admirable chance to study Catholicism as illustrated in the Roman Catholic Church. The Modernists of that church are allied in many ways to Protestant liberalists. The fa- mous papal bull of 1907 defined Modernism with adequate correctness. The Modernists lay emphasis on biblical criticism, relativity of dogma, immanence of God, and the social element in religion. The absolute authority of the pope is questioned. They consider that the authority of the bishops rests on the people and not on their succession to the Apostles. The conception of the Catholic Church...
...spite of these theories the Modernists remain in the Roman Catholic Church because in it they find collectivism as opposed to Protestant individualism. What the Modernists desire is world-wide unity of purpose and effort for a common cause. The genius of catholicism is union and co-operation, and this is why it holds even the most extreme Modernists
...SOUTHWORTH LECTURES IN ANDOVER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. "Historic Theories of the Church. VI. Modern Theories." Professor Arthur C. McGliffert, D.D., of Union Theological Seminary, Semitic Museum...
...SOUTHWORTH LECTURES IN ANDOVER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, "Historic Theories of the Church. VI. Modern Theories." Professor Arthur C. McGiffert, D.D., of Union Theological Seminary. Semitic Museum...