Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-05-10 | Page 9 | Holding to Creed Declared Mistake

TO CREED DECLARED MISTAKE I f Subject of Christianity UnI Under Under Un Un- i I der Discussion I SPRINGFIELD Ill HI May 10 Insist Insist Insist- en ence upon creeds asa basis om ChrisTian Chris- Chris Tian unity is a misapprehension of the very nature of Christianity the Rev Rey O. O F F- FJordan Jordan pastor of the Evanston Ill IDL Christian church told the annual j congress of the Disciples of Christ here io today He said to keep the church unchanged unchanged un un- changed ed was to violate the very law of life Ilfe While the church of the New Testament times time had no creed yet ac- ac I cording to St. St Pauls Paul's account of the early church at Corinth it was a corrupt corrupt corrupt cor cor- rupt church The Rev Mr Jordan took the liberal point of view in a discussion designed d to develop both the conservative and liberal views Holding the theother other view the Rev J. J I B. B Briney of Crestwood Ky told the I congress today that if the church is a aI human institution men may change it itin itin itin in any wa way and at any time to suit I their notions of expediency But if itis it itis itis is a divine ivine institution then hands off