Liberal Theology and the Reformed Churches.

Authors

F. E. Mayer, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

12-1-1944

Document Type

Article

Keywords

episcopal, theology, democracy, liberal, science method, theological, england, liberalism anglican, baptists, protestant, capitalism

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

The characteristic elements of the thought world during the put 75 years may be reduced to two outstanding and significant movements: science and democracy. Man placed an almost absolute faith in the omnicompetence of science. Science became a cult. The empirical method of science was considered the only means by which truth could be discovered and judged. The "scientific" method attempted to displace revelation; it branded the Scriptural theology as metaphysics and relegated it to the museums; it tended to eliminate the idea of God from human thought and to make man self-sufficient; its astronomical and biological theories questioned the geocentric and anthropocentric view of our universe and challenged Scripture, which assigns to man the central position in God's creation; it reduced the universe to a set of mechanical laws and thereby ruled divine creation and providence out of existence.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Mayer, F. E. (1944) "Liberal Theology and the Reformed Churches.," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 15, Article 69.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol15/iss1/69