END OF THE BOOK OF INSTRUMENTSHaving defined our own property from a metadoctrinal vantage point we will now direct our attention towards a particular system of disciplinary thought, that is, towards a first-order doctrine which is not merely philosophical or political but comprehensive. Since this body of principles should not only be normatively adequate but also lastingly inform and inspire people, and since this body of principles should be invested with symbols which at once penetrate and elevate it, it must have a place in the field of denominationalism. Therefore, this is the right moment to take up our instruments. From now on we will continue our survey on our own grounds: the grounds on which the edifice of the new denominational paradigm is to be built. |