Notable and Quotable

The real trend of religion among the younger generation is away from dogmatic and institutional Christianity, and towards an individual and personal faith resting not on authority but on experience. This movement has weakened all ecclesiastical bodies which are exposed to it.

–William Ralph Inge, Assessments and Anticipations (London: Cassell, 1929), p. 83. (Readers may be interested to note that the context is a discussion of the failed 1928 Prayer Book) [Hat tip: SGWA].

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