So as not to detract from the intention of the thread on EP, I started this thread aimed at a definition for the Regulative Principle.
I posted:
Then Mark posted:
What is the definition of the Regulative Prinicple?
I posted:
Originally posted by Jeff_Bartel
Originally posted by Saiph
3) The RPW is much broader than whatever is not commanded is forbidden.
This is simply not true. The RPW is DEFINED as "whatever is not commanded is forbidden." If one believes something else, that is fine, but do not call it the regulative principle, it's definition is already taken.
Then Mark posted:
Originally posted by Saiph
Jeff,
Does the WCF use the phrase "whatever is not commanded is forbidden." ?
"But the acceptable way of worshipping the true God is instituted by himself, and so limited by his own revealed will, that he may not be worshipped according to the imaginations and devices of men, or the suggestions of Satan, under any visible representation, or any other way not prescribed in Holy Scripture."
What is the definition of the Regulative Prinicple?