ABSTRACT
Theological ideas had made intelligence cosmic in origin and importance. For men who believed in God, the universe was an expression of thoughts and purposes because of which the world had been made, for the sake of which it was carried on. The brotherhood of man, as expressed by the acknowledgment of a common sonship to God, has been accepted as the basic presupposition of all human striving for beauty and goodness and truth. The notion that humanity is, or should be, a brotherhood must not be allowed to become an uncriticized dogma. The dogma of the fatherhood of God, suggests that, for human aspiration and purpose, and intelligence, if not yet for human achievement, mankind is a fellowship. The life of fellowship is an ideal, a goal, toward which men may strive. To belong to a brotherhood is to have one's conduct open to censure and approval.
