number of topics which might just as well be treated in special dogmatics, such as, e. g., the rule of faith, the Church, the papacy, and the relation between faith and reason. This commendable practice grew out of the necessity of fairly dividing the subject-matter of these two branches of theology, but is chiefly due to the consideration that the topics named really belong to the foundations of dogmatic theology proper, and besides, being doctrines in regard to which the various denominations differ,
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