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title: 'A Letter to the Editor with Reply'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Arthur Webster Machen, Jr.'
date: 1935-11-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
- 'Creation and Evolution'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 26'
- 'Ephesians 2'
- 'John 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/machen-1935-a-letter-to-the-editor-with-reply
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# A Letter to the Editor with Reply

Editorial distinguishes 'What is Christianity?' from 'What is a Christian?', defends the editor amid Presbyterian disputes over the Independent Board, and notes baptism and religion-vs-science tensions.

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