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June 5, 1891
Wessington Springs Herald
Wessington Springs, Jerauld County, South Dakota
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Rev. R. Heber Newton publicly challenges calls for his removal from the Protestant Episcopal church by clearly defining his position on accused heretical views, rejecting the binding nature of the thirty-nine articles and affirming the Nicene creed's allowance for divergent opinions on future punishment, evolution, atonement, and other doctrines.
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NEWTON TALKS PLAINLY.
His Position on Episcopalian Doctrines Plainly Defined.
Rev. R. Heber Newton has thrown down the gauge of battle to those who are clamoring to have him turned out of the Protestant Episcopal church. In language that had been carefully thought out he defined his position on the matters concerning which he has been accused of holding heretical views. He took no back steps. He practically threw overboard the thirty-nine articles. He declared that they contained no statements of faith that were binding on him. He stood on the Nicene creed and under that creed he declared emphatically that it was possible to hold all the divergent views concerning future punishment, evolution, the atonement, and other doctrinal matters which are at present turning the religious world upside down.
His Position on Episcopalian Doctrines Plainly Defined.
Rev. R. Heber Newton has thrown down the gauge of battle to those who are clamoring to have him turned out of the Protestant Episcopal church. In language that had been carefully thought out he defined his position on the matters concerning which he has been accused of holding heretical views. He took no back steps. He practically threw overboard the thirty-nine articles. He declared that they contained no statements of faith that were binding on him. He stood on the Nicene creed and under that creed he declared emphatically that it was possible to hold all the divergent views concerning future punishment, evolution, the atonement, and other doctrinal matters which are at present turning the religious world upside down.
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Biography
Historical Event
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Justice
Moral Virtue
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Religious Controversy
Heresy Accusations
Episcopal Church
Nicene Creed
Thirty Nine Articles
Doctrinal Views
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Rev. R. Heber Newton
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Rev. R. Heber Newton
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Rev. R. Heber Newton defines his position on Episcopalian doctrines amid heresy accusations, rejecting the thirty-nine articles as binding and affirming the Nicene creed allows divergent views on future punishment, evolution, atonement, and other matters.