Orthodoxy:

Its Truths And Errors

By

James Freeman Clarke

“Soleo enim in allena castra transire, non tanquamtransfuga, sed tanquam explorator.”—Seneca,Epistolæ, 2.

“Fiat lux. Cupio refelli, ubi aberrarim; nihilmajus, nihil aliud quam veritatem efflagito.”—ThomasBurnet, Arch. Phil.

Fourteenth Edition.

Boston:

American Unitarian Association.

1880.

Contents

• Preface.
• Chapter I. Introduction.
• § 1. Object and Character of this Book.
• § 2. Progress requires that we should look back as well as forward.
• § 3. Orthodoxy as Right Belief.
• § 4. Orthodoxy as the Doctrine of the Majority. Objections.
• § 5. Orthodoxy as the Oldest Doctrine. Objections.
• § 6. Orthodoxy as the Doctrine held by all.
• § 7. Orthodoxy, as a Formula, not to be found.
• § 8. Orthodoxy as Convictions underlying Opinions.
• § 9. Substantial Truth and Formal Error in all greatDoctrinal Systems.
• ...