You are going to hell if you keep this up!...
Love thy neighbour in the case means be silent and move on.
You can speak with God for company all you want in turn.
Goodbye!
The subject of this post is the remarkable case of Williams v Bishop of Salisbury (1863) 15 ER 943, in which the British state officially determined that eternal damnation is not part of the doctrine of the Church of England.
The Church and the State
In spite of the general acceptance by the judiciary of the secular character of British law, the Church of England is an established national church, and her doctrine and discipline forms part of the concerns of the British state. This was even more so in the 19th century. Hence the Williams case, which had originally been heard by the ecclesiastical Arches Court of Canterbury, ended up being decided by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, an essentially secular body. Moreover, the proceedings were brought [etc.]
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The decision caused considerable displeasure in some quarters. It was said that the Privy Council had "dismissed hell with costs".
Extracts from the judgment
The seventh Article, as reformed, sets forth certain passages extracted from pages 60 and 61, and from pages 77 and 78, of the volume containing Dr. Williams's Essay, and charges that in the passages so extracted, Dr. Williams has advisedly maintained and affirmed that the Bible or Holy Scripture is “an expression of devout reason,” and “the written voice of the congregation” — not the Word of God, nor containing any special revelation of His truth... [etc.]
