Warfield, here, speaks on the relationship between religion and theology. These three principles, authority, intellect, and heart, are spoken of in reference to how one goes about believing a system of beliefs. Warfield speaks of an unbalanced emphasis of any of these principles as leading to traditionalism, rationalism, or mysticism. Christianity, rather, requires, according to Warfield, an appropriate mixture of all three principles.
…the truths concerning divine things may be so comprehended that they may unite with a true system of divine truth, they must be: first, revealed in an authoritative word; second, experienced in a holy heart; and third, formulated by a sanctified intellect. Only as these three unite, then, can we have a true theology. And equally, that these same truths may be so received that they beget in us a living religion, they must be: first, revealed in an authoritative word; second, apprehended by a sound intellect; and third, experienced in an instructed heart. Only as the three unite, then, can we have a vital religion.
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