Mere Christianity: An Examination of the Concept in Richard Baxter & C. S. Lewis (Part 6)
From Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal (DBSJ), with permission. Read the entire series.
Essential Beliefs of Mere Christians
Neither Baxter nor Lewis was as explicit as he could have been concerning the content of MC. However, we saw that Baxter was much more thorough than Lewis. What is immediately obvious is that both Lewis and Baxter speak highly of tradition. As they look into the tomes of church history they find a continuity of belief and doctrine from the apostles to their own day. They believe that Christ passed the truth to his people and the truth was never lost to the ages. Thus, they share a common conviction of the holistic unity of the church. Both men also gave Scripture priority over tradition. In sum, Baxter and Lewis essentially have much the same criteria for determining the content of MC.
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