“In the name of rejecting ecclesiastical authority as "hierarchy" or "tradition" as theological manipulation and bondage, we have instead created a hermeneutic of suspicion and have invested every biblically informed conscience (instead of a pope) to speak ex cathedra. It is a Pyrrhic victory for Free church Protestantism when the net effect of its teaching results in the replacing of the tyranny of the magisterium with the tyranny of individualism.” IndividualFreedomTraditionHierarchyAnarchismBaptistAnabaptistFree ChurchBaptist Humor Book:Retrieving the Tradition and Renewing Evangelicalism: A Primer for Suspicious Protestants Source: Retrieving the Tradition and Renewing Evangelicalism: A Primer for Suspicious Protestants