A Protestant and Social View of the Church

The Church is a divine institution, just as all legitimate organizations, like the State, the university, the political party, or the private club, are divine institutions. This is the outcome of any thoroughgoing acceptance of the Protestant position of the essentially divine character of all life,...

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Main Author: Hall, Thomas Cuming (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1914
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 1914, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 193-202
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