C. Robert Mesle
C. ROBERT MESLE is associate professor of philosophy and religion at Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa. His M.A. is in Christian theology from the University of Chicago Divinity School and his Ph.D. is in philosophy and religion from Northwestern University. A version of this paper, presented at the Mormon History Association in Provo, Utah, May 1984, also appeared in Saints Herald, March and April 1985.
The Restoration and History: New Testament Christianity
Articles/Essays – Volume 19, No. 2
The Restoration movements have tended to elevate historical claims to the level of theological dogma. But in our defense of historical beliefs we have often denied the reality of historical process by asserting that ideas,…
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