04-27-2008, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by KMK  From the OP: Quote: |
Thus, the short answer to Arthur’s question is that yes, one must hold to every point of doctrine in the Reformed confessions in order to be Reformed.
| This means that only those who hold to the TR are truly Reformed because the WCF says: Quote: |
The authority of the holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed and obeyed, dependeth not upon the testimony of any man or Church, but wholly upon God (who is truth itself), the Author thereof; and therefore it is to be received, because it is the Word of God.
| And, of course, the holy Scripture/Word of God they were referring to was the TR. | Holy Scripture is to be received because it is the word of God, but this does not mean that the word of God = the so-called Received Text (the term Received Text was an advertising blurb when it was originally employed).
However, perhaps that is 
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Daniel Ritchie
Saintfield, Northern Ireland - Queen's University, Belfast:History/Politics
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