Quote#God & Faith
There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious…
Quote byHosea Ballou · 1771–1852
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Manuscript, Sermons; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 254..
English (original)
There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious faith in doctrinal matters. Can you reduce it to practice? If not, have none of it.
— Hosea Ballou
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