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Originally Posted by satz  Just a thought:
Due to their views regarding church government - I believe most baptists would not admit that there is even such a thing as The Church', but rather that there were churches thoughout history. Doesn't it logically follow that a baptist would not hold the LBCF in the same regard as a presbyterian would hold the WCF?
It seems for a baptist the LBCF would have been just the result of a bunch of godly men getting together. There would be nothing particularly 'special' about that gathering to make it any different from if we were to get some faithful, godly baptist pastors to come together to discuss theology today. |
I think your description of the way Baptists view their Confession is pretty close to the way most Presbyterians view the WCF.
I obviously don't agree with that view but that is again, a Confessional disagreement. This is why we debate and discuss. We have different interpretations of the Word.
To some extent, I have to hold Baptists to some level of Confessionalism or it makes approval of membership difficult.