Gamaliel's principle

[2][5] Raymond E. Brown argued that while "it may not be true that every religious movement that is of human origin fails; nevertheless, the church would have been wiser many times in its history if it had used Gamaliel's principle to judge new developments in Christianity rather than reacting in a hostile manner too quickly.

[17] Reginald Hoefer writes that "the Gamaliel Principle is a helpful lens through which to view all the things that might disturb us about the state of the world, the country, the Church" because it argues that what is right will win and anything that is wrong will lose.

[18] Pat Boone used what he called "the Gamaliel attitude" to argue that church bodies should "judge the fruit before [making] any rash or rigid pronouncements".

[20][7] For instance, John F. MacArthur argued from an evangelical perspective that since evil is allowed to exist, "Gamaliel's principle will come true only when Christ returns to establish His kingdom on earth".

[21] One writer argued against the Gamaliel principle as applied to the ordination of women, saying that the time it would take to determine whether it was right would produce "profound and lasting damage to the Church".