---
title: 'The Pulpit’s Use of Its Freedom'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Sloane Coffin'
- 'Gorham Dummer Abbott'
date: 1925-01-31
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Preaching'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 1'
- 'John 2'
- 'Jonah 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/coffin-abbott-1925-the-pulpits-use-of-its-freedom
---

# The Pulpit’s Use of Its Freedom

Henry Sloane Coffin defends the pulpit&#039;s freedom to interpret Scripture responsibly amid modern science and scholarship. He urges using liberty to vitalize Christian faith without abandoning its historic core.

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