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Show Fred M. Bennett The Fundamental 8 September REASON Principles AND FREEDOM was religion as in speaker dwelt. in using the to imitate and it democracy scriptures form the ostenta freedom that caused his death. leader of was quietly and without scriptures freely and forgiving than home and it is recorded a sentence to He did a was guide say that part not use to truth. the He his attitude toward There has been was without at of the scriptures had been fulfilled. scriptures as a final authority but as one things "He worked ceremony. scriptures that he broke off in the middle of no other said the to opposition He read the asked Religion theocracy," in constant Rev. Mr. Bennett. tion, Liberal a 1912 theme upon which the "Jesus of no greater Jesus of Nazareth. The progressive, gradually unfolding guide." speaker compared the views of the Roman Catholic, the Evangelical Protestant and the Unitarian, as he understood a The "For the first of these," he said, "the supreme authority was centered in the church, where the pope is them. regarded uses as reason, the vicar of Christ. but he is Roman Catholic power for a good. supposed church, however, has been, and is, It has held a great place preserver of art and literature. "With the Evangelical Protestant, is the Bible. 226 The pope, as the interpreter to be divinely inspired. The supreme authority claim and he was forced to on as an a great educator and the other hand, the Martin Luther first made that make it because he denied the |
