The Door Open for Church Reunion
Dr. C. A. BRIGGS, of Union Theological Seminary, with whom the Presbyterians have had so much trouble because of his well-known skeptical views of the Bible, now expresses “great admiration” for the present pope. He also says, “I have learned through my studies to look upon some of the Roman Catholic positions more favorably than I used to.” There are many nominal Protestants taking the same view of the matter; and for this reason he is justified in the following further statement: “I think that there are possibilities in the future of the re-union of the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches. I think that the door is open for such a movement.” It is noticeable that as Protestants depart from the plain Word of God, in faith and practice, the more “liberal” they become toward the dogmas of the Roman Church. And at the present pace of the “higher criticism” the prediction of Dr. Briggs is not far from fulfilment.