Even back in the Enlightenment (a euphemistic term implying the Church was in the dark ages and man's reason will free man from the ecclesiastical fetters of Scripture) we saw the trend.
Since then there has been a war against the Scriptures catapulted by the likes of Darwin, Freud, Hume and Locke following in the wake of Protagoras. (Man is the measure of all things).
In the early 20th century we saw the blossoming of theological liberalism which is simply the roots of modern day progressives. They all have one thing in common besides being satanically inspired and that is they all downplay God's Word in preference to their own word.