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Divinity or Deity

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Apr 10, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 15.

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Divinity or Deity

THE Religious Telescope of March 12, 1913, refers to a sermon by ex-President Taft at a Unitarian church recently. Mr. Taft is quoted as saying, “All the world is veering in that direction [toward Unitarianism].” Of this the editor says:—
But the chief objection to Unitarianism is that it obliterates all essential distinction between man and Jesus Christ. Formerly we spoke of the divinity of Christ, and meant that he was very God. Now Unitarians insist upon the divinity of man so strenuously that there is no division from Christ, except perhaps in culture or attainment. Since they have moved man up, the orthodox churches have moved Christ on ahead, to maintain the distinction they regard as necessary in order to feel free to worship him. So we talk now of the deity of Jesus, allowing the Unitarians to appropriate the term “divinity.”