Our Authorized Bible Vindicated - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

eings who were spiritual agents between God and
creation. ... Indeed, Newman’s cosmogony was
essentially Gnostic, and echoed the teachings of
Cerinthus, who is best entitled to be considered as
the link between the Judaizing and Gnostic sects.
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The following quotation from a magazine of
authority gives a description of this modern species
of Gnosticism which shows its Romanizing
tendency. It also reveals how Bishop Westcott
could hold this philosophy, while it names Dr.
Philip Schaff, President of both American
Committees of Revision, as even more an apostle
of this modern Gnosticism:
“The roads which lead to Rome are very
numerous. ... Another road, less frequented and
less obvious, but not less dangerous, is the
philosophical. There is a strong affinity between
the speculative system of development, according
to which every thing that is, is true and rational,
and the Romish idea of a self-evolving infallible
church. ... No one can read the exhibitions of the
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