This balance of scripture, tradition and reason is traced to the work of Richard Hooker, a sixteenth-century apologist. In Hooker's model, scripture is the primary means of arriving at doctrine and things stated plainly in scripture are accepted as true.
This equilibrium of scripture, tradition, and logic is attributed to the work of Richard Hooker, a sixteenth-century apologist. In Hooker's framework, scripture serves as the primary source for determining doctrine, and things explicitly stated in scripture are considered true by default.