Article April 19, 1919 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from F. H. Du Vernet, Maude Royden

[F. H. Du Vernet, Archbishop of Caledonia, in Toronto Globe, Ontario, Canada]

On closer examination we find that it is not so much a restatement of religious truth that is needed as a change of emphasis. The new era rightly insists that we draw the line clearly between the essentials of religion and the refinements of theology. The refinements of theology are exceedingly numerous and most bewildering. The essentials of religion are very few and grandly simple.

Theology is not religion. Religion is the life of God in the soul of man. Theology is the intellectual expression of this religion. It is quite possible to have the life of God in our soul without our being able to give this an adequate expression in language. It is, no doubt, very important that there should be an intellectual of our religion, for otherwise we cannot, as intelligent beings, properly appreciate it ourselves or effectively teach it to others. But an adequate expression of the life of God in the soul of man is one thing, and the refinements of theology are quite another thing.

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