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I gave one quick example: the pope is the Antichrist..
| I don't know if you are aware of this but in the American Version of the Standards used by the PCA and OPC, the pope is the Antichrist is no longer there. (this goes to a previous post saying that if you don't like what the Standards say then change it.) | The pope as the antichrist is a popular one that people recognize as being removed...but...a less common one is this:
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Chapter 20 - IV. And because the powers which God hath ordained, and the liberty which Christ hath purchased, are not intended by God to destroy, but mutually to uphold and preserve one another; they who, upon pretence of Christian liberty, shall oppose any lawful power, or the lawful exercise of it, whether it be civil or ecclesiastical, resist the ordinance of God. And, for their publishing of such opinions, or maintaining of such practices, as are contrary to the light of nature, or to the known principles of Christianity, whether concerning faith, worship, or conversation; or, to the power of godliness; or, such erroneous opinions or practices, as either in their own nature, or in the manner of publishing or maintaining them, are destructive to the external peace and order which Christ hath established in the Church, they may lawfully be called to account, and proceeded against by the censures of the Church, and by the power of the civil magistrate.
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chap. 20 - 4. And because the powers which God hath ordained, and the liberty which Christ hath purchased, are not intended by God to destroy, but mutually to uphold and preserve one another, they who, upon pretense of Christian liberty, shall oppose any lawful power, or the lawful exercise of it, whether it be civil or ecclesiastical, resist the ordinance of God. And, for their publishing of such opinions, or maintaining of such practices, as are contrary to the light of nature, or to the known principles of Christianity (whether concerning faith, worship, or conversation), or to the power of godliness; or, such erroneous opinions or practices, as either in their own nature, or in the manner of publishing or maintaining them, are destructive to the external peace and order which Christ hath established in the church, they may lawfully be called to account, and proceeded against, by the censures of the church.
| To some people this is not a minor change.
Sorry if this is off topic, I just wanted to point it out.
Note: Daniel Ritchie...What do you think of this "minor" change? Do you deal with this section of the confession in your new book at all?
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Shawn Atkins
Member, Parkhill Presbyterian Church (OPC)
Denver, Colorado
Open my eyes Lord, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. Psalm 119:18
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