I'd say this is sufficient, from a RPW stance (although there are more than a couple guys on this board who would differ):

WCF 21:5 "...are all parts of the ordinary religious worship of God (Mat_28:19; Act_2:42; 1Co_11:23-29): besides religious oaths (Deu_6:13 with Neh_10:29), vows Isa_19:21 with Eccl 5;4, 5),..."

WCF 22:1 A lawful oath is part of religious worship (Deu_10:20), wherein, upon just occasion, the person swearing solemnly calleth God to witness what he asserteth, or promiseth; and to judge him according to the truth or falsehood of what he sweareth (Exo_20:7; Lev_19:12; 2Ch_6:22, 2Ch_6:23; 2Co_1:23).

As far as I'm concerned, this is sufficient biblical and confessional justification. The confession of one's faith is a public attestation to truth, which one says in God's presence.

Furthermore, Paul's multiple explicit references to "faithful sayings" and other allusions to faith-summary statements in the epistles (such as 1 Jn 2:12-14) which are certainly catechetical in nature if not liturgical, indicate to me that such commonplaces were found very early on in the church. The Apostle's Creed was the development of an early baptismal formula or confessional statement by a catechumen.

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ChainOLakes Presbyterian Church, CentralLake, MI


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