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The Westminster Confession, in addition to the Heidelberg, refers to Matthew 16:19 in its section on 'Church Censures' (Chapter 30). Quote:
II. To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed; by virtue whereof, they have power, respectively, to retain, and remit sins; to shut that kingdom against the impenitent, both by the Word, and censures; and to open it unto penitent sinners, by the ministry of the gospel; and by absolution from censures, as occasion shall require.[2]
2. Matt. 16:19; 18:17-18; John 20:21-23; II Cor. 2:6-8
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"there is no creature, either in heaven or on earth, who loves us more than Jesus Christ" Belgic Confession, Article 26
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