Our Authorized Bible Vindicated - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

the “inspiration of the Bible,” “justification by
faith,” and “purgatory.”
A cry arose to demand the degradation of these
writers from their positions as clergymen in the
Church of England. A test case was carried before
the highest court in the Church. the accused
appealed from the judgment to a higher body.
Although the indignation throughout the country
was great, and a petition so voluminous as to be
signed by eleven thousand clergymen was
circulated, nevertheless the public mind was
compelled to submit to this assault upon the beliefs
held by Protestant England for three hundred years.
One of these essays was written by Professor
H. B. Wilson, who earlier had denounced Tract 90
for its views on the Thirty-nine Articles. Twenty
years later, however, he argued in favor of the very
views which he had denounced previously.
The case was carried still higher, to the secular
court, the last court of appeal in the nation, the
Privy Council. Here again the decision let the
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