A third question which must be asked is whether institutionalism in practice makes for unity among Christians, or for division.
This is not so much a critique of institutionalism as the plea of a Liberal Catholic that the logic of institutionalism should not be allowed to override all other considerations.
He proceeds to discuss the strength and weakness of institutionalism in a perfectly candid spirit, but with too particular reference to the present conditions within the Roman Church to help us much in our more general survey.
It is not an accident that America, where institutionalism is weakest, is the happy hunting-ground of religious quacks and cranks.
Catholicism, whether Roman or Anglican, stands to lose heavily by the decay of institutionalism as an article of faith.
The strongest claim of institutionalism to our respect is probably the beneficial restraint which it exercises upon many persons who need moral and intellectual guidance.
But fanatical institutionalism has been the driving force of Catholicism as a power in the world, from the very first.
Catholicism and Protestantism (in so far as they are more than names for institutionalism and mysticism, which are permanent types) are both obsolescent phases in the evolution of the Christian religion.
These claims may be admitted; but they come very far short of the glorification of institutionalism which we found in the authors quoted a few pages back.
Lastly, we must ask whether institutionalism is really a spiritual and moral force.
Jarvis, and with certain clergymen who believed in institutionalism as the hope of the future.
Gilman, and partly to the conservatism of its vestry, the institutionalism of St. John's was by no means up to date.
The meaning of institutionalism is just that of some asserted end justifying any available means, and so under cover of its peculiar conceits sanctioning violence.
Sociologically, institutionalism must always imply a contemporary scepticism; the conservative must have an unbeliever for his neighbour.
It is a picture of the paralyzing effect of tradition and institutionalism on all human life, growth, and change.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "institutionalism" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
