The Downgrade Controversy Quotes

“commonly it is found in theology that that which is true is not new, and that which is new is not true.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Downgrade Controversy

“The first step astray is a want of adequate faith in the divine inspiration of the sacred Scriptures. All the while a man bows to the authority of God's Word, he will not entertain any sentiment contrary to its teaching. "To the law and to the testimony," is his appeal concerning every doctrine. He esteems that holy Book, concerning all things, to be right, and therefore he hates every false way. But let a man question, or entertain low views of the inspiration and authority of the Bible, and he is without chart to guide him, and without anchor to hold him.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Downgrade Controversy

“Those who were really orthodox in their sentiments were too often lax and unfaithful as to the introduction of heretical ministers into their pulpits, either as assistants or occasional preachers. In this way the Arian and Socinian heresies were introduced”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Downgrade Controversy