Boros György (szerk.): Értesítő a Nemzetközi Unitárius Conferencziáról (Kolozsvár, 1897)
A Nemzetközi Unitárius Konferenczián tartott beszédek és felolvasások - Beszédek és felolvasások
whom a far greater degree of doctrinal freedom prevails) are apt to be looked upon as a bad and dangerous spe cies of heretic. Such persons must he avoided and discouraged in every way; and so it happens that the Uni tarian body commonly holds a position of much disfavour in England. Their free spirit as well as their views of Christian doctrine are disliked and more or less frowned upon. And as Unitarians they are not generally allowed even the fair consideration which they deserve, though in their social and political character, the case is different, One consequence of this spirit is seen in the reception which our new or Revised Version of the Bible, has met with among the religious bodies of our country. In comparatively very few English Churches and chapels has that version been introduced. It is hardly used at all, I believe, in the national or established church, and very little among the Nonconformist bodies. This, I must add, is a strange, and inconsistent and hardly creditable position, on the part of these various churches. They profess, most of them, to regard and value the Bible as the word of God, in substance if not in its letter. And yet they continue to use, and to read in public, the old authorised version of 1611, although this is known, and admitted on all sides to contain numerous imperfect renderings and false readings. At the same time, the new Version is the work of some of the best English scholars of our day, most of them also being clergymen of the Church of England, with some few members of orthodox Non-conformist bodies, and only one of them a Unitarian. This line of conduct on the part of the great Churches is as I have said, strangely inconsistent; and I venture to add, while it springs partly from ignorance, it is more due to unreasonable prejudice. It shews, however, the strength of the conservative spirit amongst us; and the difficulty of moving forward
