by the proper use of reason carries a derivative authority with it. As for ‘the voice of the Church’, which is certainly one form of tradition, that was placed by Hooker on the third level of authority, but it carries real authority when it is agreeable to Scripture and not contrary to reason. Reason may be understood in a variety of senses, but respect for its proper use has always been a mark of the Anglican via media. In Bishop Butler’s view, it was reason that the Hebrew sage had in mind when