Which Reformed Confessions Lend Support to the R2K Position?

[Fly Caster]

...particularly in regards to the Civil Magistrate?

Forgive me if this has been discussed before. Our Church Library recently aquired Dennisson's 2 vol set of historic Reformed Confessions and over the next few months I hope to read through them with particular interest to see the views on this subject. So far I've only scanned through a few looking quickly at what said on this topic, and am wondering which might require more careful attention.

I know that we do not subscribe to all these old Confessions, never-the-less I see a lot of value in making my own determinations in looking at the consensus of historically-confessed Reformed thought.

 

[jogri17]

None in my opinion, but given the vast majority of ref.christians reject the historic reformed confessional posistion, it makes sense to adapt a more Lutheran approach then.

 

[N. Eshelman]

This one:

 

[PuritanCovenanter]

I agree with Pastor Nathan Eshelman and Joseph. But I also don't believe their hermeneutic which Kline formulated is confessional in the Presbyterian sense either.

http://www.puritanboard.com/f30/kline-karlburg-not-confessional-concerning-mosaic-69258/

 

[KMK]

With respect to clarity and fairness, perhaps we should rephrase the the question to be, "Where do R2Kers see support for their position in the Reformed confessions?"

 

[Fly Caster]

With respect to clarity and fairness, perhaps we should rephrase the the question to be, "Where do R2Kers see support for their position in the Reformed confessions?"

I think my question is fair. I simply want to identify which Confessions lend explicit support to the R2K arguments. I admit a bias-- I suspect there are not any. But because I am aware of that bias I sincerely want to know from which Confessions a solid argument for the R2K position can be made.

 

[MW]

None in my opinion, but given the vast majority of ref.christians reject the historic reformed confessional posistion, it makes sense to adapt a more Lutheran approach then.

Both the Lutheran and Reformed movements grew out of "magisterial reformation." If one desires a different approach from an historical perspective one will need to turn to the "radical reformation" associated with Anabaptist thought and practice.