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Originally Posted by SRoper  Confessions and creeds should stick to being summaries of the doctrine contained in scripture.
The American revisions do retain the language that the Pope of Rome is in no way the visible head of the church. This is using scripture to refute the claims of Rome. However, making a positive claim that the Pope is the Antichrist goes too far. They might as link the defeat of the Spanish Armada with some event in Revelation while they are at it. I say leave the interpreting of providence to the dispensationalists.
If the confessions contained language that John Calvin was a saint I would also object. | What do you mean "doctrines contained in scripture?" The Papacy fulfills the prophecies of scripture concerning the Antichrist. In what sense then isn't the doctrine contained in scripture? If you disagree the papacy is the antichrist that is a separate matter but I was interested in why you thought that even if its true it shouldn't be included in the confession.
Are you a total agnostic on the issue of the Antichrist, otherwise aren't you interpreting providence?
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*Peter Gray* Elkins Park RPCNA
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