unauthoritative

Updated: May 4, 2025

Now, the Articles come on no authority; they are the views of persons in the 16th century; and, again, it is not clear how far they are, or are not, modified by the unauthoritative views of the 19th. I am obliged, then, to exercise my own judgment; and I candidly declare to you, that my judgment is unequal to so great a task.

John Henry Newman - Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert