CHAPTER IV THE LIBERAL VIEW OF INSPIRATION The modern Liberal movement draws directly on the work of the German theologian Schleiermacher. More than a century ago he taught that the true source of theology was not the Bible, but man’s religious consciousness. Thus the objective revelation of God in the Bible was set aside, and man’s subjective opinions were exalted to the position of authority. Schleiermacher argues at length that nothing should be accepted just because it occurs in the Bible. Even