I
’sre not historic."
V‘ my neck in history. You must mean
i I certainly
Eventual Union Of CathoiIc
And Protestant Churches Is
Seen by Storrs Hofessor
Dr. Deniinger Writing 0n “Constitution For Pro-
testantism” In New Organ of Conn. Federation
of Churches Predicts Fusion of Present
Christian Churches As inevitable
Development.
llev. Henry K. Denilngsr. D. D..
Pusbyterian minister and professor
of history at the Connecticut Agri-
cultural College. Btorrs. contributes
the leading articles to a new publi-
cation. “The Connecticut Outlook."
published under the auspices of the
Connecticut Federation of Churches
it is headed " ._ Constitution for Pro-
testantism." ,
lir. De-Il‘crvr espouses what
many will consider a revolutionary
point of view when in hishrtlcles he
states: "The American liepublic is
the prophet”; e.-IlI.I of the Catholic
I'Iotestnnt Church."
h‘orcsccs Churches Joining.
The theory of church history he
holds is that the church schism was
brought about by Christ to Direct
necessary reforms and when these
refogms are finally accomplished the
present divergent channels of faith
will he l‘C-llllIlCtl in a strong. co-or-
dlnatlng whole.
liis article in full follows:
"Some time ago a chorehman in
Philadelphia wrote a book suggest-
ing that lIorenftcr‘lIc season of
Trinity be changed nd it he made,
the season of Ibo lioly Spiilt. 'ibis
is in line with the religious instinct
of our time: it calls attention away
from an abstract and unfamiliar in-
tellectual conception to a dynamic
force. It brings the religious imag-
ination into line with the whole scl-
entifie emphasis of erranic cvolu-i
tion. It is no longer possible to look
at history as past and present. "or.
neck attempts to cut orf‘ Christian
history at New Testament times. A -
certain English school or church-
manship attempts to cut it off at the
Fourth Century. An Orthodov 'lto.“
man Catholic mode of thought cuts
it off at middle ages. if any one
should say 10 any individual ‘You
the individual
could answer with point—‘When did
I wriggle out of history? I am up to
that I am not conscious of belonging
to history and have. no organ through
which I can rc-think its living
course.’
Greek Thought Utilized. I
“'Cut history at any point and it‘
bleeds. Cut Western history at any
point and it bleeds with the blood of
Christ. Believers in the Holy Spirit
of Christ then hold that Western
civilisation is either the creation or
mirage of Christ. When we look at
the historic Jesus we find his ideal
and revelation subject to the limita-
tions of,the minds and hearts of the
disciples to whom he committed it.
In His earthly life lie. had to bear
with the impulsiveness of a. Peter.
stupidity of Philip. the treachery ot'
a Judas. He ctmmlttcd ills treasure
to earthly vessels in high faith. In
the same way His spirit returned to
history and has been subject to the
limitations of the various peoples
that this same spirit has been trons-
forming. in this way the Christ
spirit utilized Greek thought and Ro.
man Imperialism; it utilised quite as
Teutonic individualism.
There is in life what Mr. W. H. Mal.
lock calls ‘the iogicai,sequence oi'
the unintended.‘ There is always an
unexpected result to human action.
The human world is played upon by
natural impulses. ideas. ideals—all
that moves man to what is worthy,
but there is always an outcome that
is unexpected. If new we could get
a glimpse of the knitting together to
new and fresh consequence. in the
Interest of progress, this unintended
outcome of results. we have an illus-
tration of what we mean by the
mind Christ in histOry.
"'1‘ breaking up of the Church
at the Reformation owed itself in a
measure at least to the innate love
of liberty on the part of the pee-
ples of the North. who themselves
had been humanized by the teach-
ings of the Church. At the same
time the Christ spirit sought
through this love of liberty in Ten-
tonic peoples to tree itself from cer-
tain limitations which had become
a drag upon its own progressive deal
lathe Roman Ecclesiastical auto-
prncy. The American people them-
gslves owe their rise in a very real
Iansc to the play of the Christian
spirit upon Teutonic individualism.
In one sense the American Republic
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moved from the dam of tyranny
and uniformity. M the same time
he succeeded in realising the begin-
ning-s of the very order to which the
Churei'wss not yet equal in the rise
of the ltepubiic whose constructive
ideal was liberty and union under
terms demanded by the principle of
tolerance.
"The order of the lioly Spirit of
Christ then is a Society come into
conscious co-opcration with a prea-
cnt spirit.
each Id every one belongs to a
large nd marvelous pust. yet not
everyone comes into a consciousness
of existence as a whole.
"We easily live an unthinking life.
We become bounded by narrow hor-
ixous and uniiiunilned by those in-
l‘lfll’lll that link each separate life to
existence in general. Persons of this
lgpe are often swayed and movud'by
blessed and inspirational tides that
Historical
is the prophetic order of the new
religious soclet That is not. first.
which is spiritus . but that which is
natural. it would seem as though
the spirit had to accomplish this in
Whilst It is true thuti ‘
. NIX. v E“). .' ., IIV ,, - ,
PAGE FIVE
crn social and civil life. The chil-
dren of light must. at last. be as
wire as the children of the age.
“This is the constructive task
which faces the Protestant Churches] II magnet.
of Alllt'l‘lt‘u and
not rilirlI. To this task and ‘ho so
lunch (If it mcry dcnomin‘lon “I”
bring ways and informing prin-
(‘IPIINI it must. howmer he more
in the and be no more satisfactory
than the old articles of confedera-
tIon were to these United states.
Nor will mutual good-will and voi-
urItsry co-opcratlon in civic and hu-
n'aultarlan efforts—one of the “this
If icderatlon—satisfy the demand
’m an organic church Ileullu ' with-
out economic waste in ellicion. clos
range with all the problems of mori-
t"‘,I|lll(lIl‘l
dumentul law
speak the rise of latch and gracious
realm outsld of its wn s eclal
. 0 o p influences without appreciating their
order; in order to conserve the
principles of liberty. with order on
the one hand and illustrate the su-
premo sprltual task of the church on
the other; hr the Church could not
accomplish her new task in history
until the Church and the State Were
separated. The combination of these
two was an evil the spirit suffered
In its conflict with Paganism and it
either resulted in aervillty to secular
power or a fatal tyranny over it. It
was this evil that the Spirit of Christ
saw an opportunity to over cum in
”ii: Reformation. In Auto 'lea the
spirit found its freest opportunity to
achieve this and it achieved it by the
principle of tolerance. Various do-
nomlnations came here under prese-
culon for the exercise of freedom.
The Church then gave to the State
its ideal order while under God it
learned its supreme spiritual mis-
sion. Gradually the church is being
prepared for an inclusive liberty.
\l’liliIIgly Sulfcred Schism
"If I put it crassly. Christ saw In
the breaking up of the Chhrch the
chance to make the. new spiritual
mission of his church. evident. lie
suffered willlnuly schism and di-
\lslon within the church .awaitl g
to the tides of the mighty deep
which they never see.
History ls Movement
ercnt and more wonderful to be con-
scIous of being in history as well as
being in it. The question is one of
consciousness. Every \Vcsterncr is
intimately related to Christian his-
tory. His consciousness endlessly
mediated in a. general Christian con-
sciousness. History is movement
and life. It Brows from more to
more. It is possible then to be in an
Institution and be historic. but to be
at a lower level. side-tracked and
dwelling apart from its vital
antral life. We see an instance of
this in Judiasm at the time of the
reaction ot‘Jesus. Had she been
equal to the acceptance of Jesus as
Christ. as a people. she would have
become the dominant nation of Inc
“Orla-
"The American Republic is the
prophetic order of the Catholic Prot—
estant Church. in this creation the
Spirit of the Reformation is seen
not to be disorderly and anarchic
tut constructive and progressixI».
Nor will federation finally autism
suve as a passing expedient. It “Ill
the time when ume could be e-
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This is the Regular $27.50 Grade Day Bed
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