Formalist and Hypocrisy Come Over the Wall

Formalist

[Formalist] "is the type of those who, by an external show of religion, deceive themselves...The formalist, through his outward attention to mere ritual observances, blinds his own eyes to his own inward state, and oft-times takes for granted that where the gilded setting is, there the precious jewel must be—a grand mistake, and a strong delusion!"[1]