"Our leading principle in interpreting Scripture is this,……" — William Ellery Channing
"Our leading principle in interpreting Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written for men, in the language of men, and that its meaning is to be sought in the same manner as that of other books. We believe that God, when he speaks to the human race, conforms, if we may so say, to the established rules of speaking and writing. How else would the Scriptures avail us more, than if communicated in an unknown tongue?"
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William Ellery Channing
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53 Quotes by William Ellery Channing
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