Hello Pastor Klein,

Yes, and more, the Helvetic Consensus Formula comes to mind. However, it is the entire paradigm and approach to the Scripture that is different in historic Reformed orthodoxy as against modern textual criticism.

They didn't take their stand against Rome upon an unknown "inerrant original autograph," neither did Reformed scholasticism defend an unknown hypothetical text. Neither did they advocate a radical individualism where every man decides for himself which words are genuine; they would have viewed the state of our Churches today, where every man is a textual critic, with horror. The Westminster Divines viewed spelling errors in various printings of the Authorized Version as "dangerous to religion," and moved Parliament to outlaw the importation of bootleg reprints from Holland with spelling errors.

Cordially,

Thomas

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Thomas Weddle
Member, Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church
Evansville, Indiana