"Nothing Between" The Special Doctrines Vindicated at the Reformation as Bearing upon the Spiritual Life of the Church

In March 1881, Reverend Edward Hoare stood before the Craven Evangelical Union in Leeds to defend the Reformation’s special doctrines and their bearing on the church’s spiritual life. His paper, delivered from the pulpit of Holy Trinity, Tonbridge Wells, frames the age‑old conflict between a Christianity reshaped by Rome and one reclaimed by the reformers. Hoare invites listeners into a vivid debate that treats the Reformation not merely as history but as a living struggle over the soul of the church.

He tackles four cornerstones of the Anglican Articles—Scripture’s sufficiency, justification by faith, the spirituality of the sacraments, and the completeness of one propitiation—showing how each counters the Roman claim of tradition and merit. By contrasting the clear, gift‑centered gospel with the layered, human‑made systems of the Council of Trent, Hoare makes a compelling case for the primacy of the Bible in personal salvation. Listeners will hear a reasoned, yet passionate, exposition that still resonates with anyone wrestling with authority and faith.