While some authors seem to go far towards the substitution of the fathers for the written word of God, others in their abhorrence of that excess have run into the opposite, fancying, as it would seem, that they exalt the Divine oracles just in the same proportion as they disparage the uninspired writers of the Church. The great body of the Church of England adhere to a middle course, and adopt that golden mean, which ascribes to the written Word its paramount authority, from which is no appeal, and yet honours Catholic tradition as the handmaid of the truth.

– Rev James Endell Tyler

From “PRIMITIVE CHRISTIAN WORSHIP” by The Rev James Endell Tyler B.D. (30 Jan. 1789–5 Oct. 1851) – an Anglican minister, historian, theologian, residentiary canon of St Pauls Cathedral and Rector of St Giles in the Fields church.

Steve Macias

Reformed Episcopal Priest. Rector at Saint Paul’s & Headmaster at Canterbury School.

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