Fitzsimons Allison's "The Rise of Moralism" (#23): Anglican Confusions--...
Herbert Thorndike, Canon of Westminster Abbey, rejects the Reformed and Reformation doctrine of justification by faith alone. When the dust settles from this serious dust-up, he's worse than an Arminian; he denies particular atonement and abhors predestination. He abhors effectual and indefectible grace. This is an effect of the disastrous failure to codify the Synod of Dordt. Bishop Fitzsimons Allison will call this "soteriological impairment" and "soteriological impoverishment." These are understatements. We call it outright hatred of God's sovereignty. The man was not fit for leadership. But, John Henry Newman and his crew of Tractarian termites liked Thorndike. Welcome to merry ole England.
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