[The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]@TWC D-Link book
The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION
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But within the special compartments of the great Christian fold the marks of division have pronounced themselves in the most unmistakable manner.

As an example we may take the lines of cleavage which have shown themselves in the two great churches, the Congregational and the Presbyterian, and the very distinct fissure which is manifest in the transplanted Anglican church of this country.

Recent circumstances have brought out the fact of the great change in the dogmatic communities which has been going on silently but surely.

The licensing of a missionary, the transfer of a Professor from one department to another, the election of a Bishop,--each of these movements furnishes evidence that there is no such thing as an air-tight reservoir of doctrinal finalities.
The folding-doors are wide open to every Protestant to enter all the privileged precincts and private apartments of the various exclusive religious organizations.

We may demand the credentials of every creed and catechise all the catechisms.


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