Chapter 4

LATITUDINARIAN CHURCHMANSHIP.

(1.) CHARACTER AND INFLUENCE OF ARCHBISHOP TILLOTSON'S THEOLOGY.

(_C.J. Abbey._)

Use of the term 'Latitudinarian', 112 In the eighteenth century, 113 Archbishop Tillotson:-- His close relationship with the eighteenth century, 115 His immense repute as a writer and divine, 115 Vehemence of the attack upon his opinions, 117 His representative character, 118 His appeal to reason in all religious questions, 119 On spiritual influence, 119 On Christian evidences, 119 On involuntary error, 120 On private judgment, its rights and limitations, 121 Liberty of thought and 'Freethinking' in Tillotson's and the succeeding age, 125 Tillotson on 'mysteries', 127 On the doctrine of the Trinity, 129 On Christ's redemption, 130 Theory of accommodation, 131 The future state, 133 Inadequate insistance on distinctive Christian doctrine, 140 Religion and ethics, 141 Goodness and happiness, 142 Prudential religion, 143 General type of Tillotson's latitudinarianism, 145