December 13, 2013
Reforming the Un-Reformed: ACNA, Tractarians, Costals, Arminians & Kin: Corrections from the Canons of Dordt and Westminster Larger Catechism.
Forthwith, for the ACNA, be it known—as of yesteryear—remove that “insufferable thing” masquerading as a “catechism" in the 1662, 1928, 1873 and the 1979 Books of Common Prayer. Fix it.
For all others, keep calm and take the medicine.
Proverbs 12.1: “Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.”
Canons of Dordt
The Fifth Head of Doctrine: The Perseverance of the Saints
Having set forth the orthodox teaching, the Synod rejects the errors of those:
VII
Who teach that the faith of those who believe only temporarily does not differ from justifying and saving faith except in duration alone.
For Christ himself in Matthew 13:20ff. and Luke 8:13ff. clearly defines these further differences between temporary and true believers: he says that the former receive the seed on rocky ground, and the latter receive it in good ground, or a good heart; the former have no root, and the latter are firmly rooted; the former have no fruit, and the latter produce fruit in varying measure, with steadfastness, or perseverance.
Having set forth the orthodox teaching, the Synod rejects the errors of those
VIII
Who teach that it is not absurd that a person, after losing his former regeneration, should once again, indeed quite often, be reborn.
For by this teaching they deny the imperishable nature of God’s seed by which we are born again, contrary to the testimony of the apostle Peter: Born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable (1 Pet. 1:23).
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December 13, 2013
Westminster Larger Catechism
Q. 176. Wherein do the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s supper agree?
A. The sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s supper agree, in that the author of both is God;[1137] the spiritual part of both is Christ and his benefits;[1138] both are seals of the same covenant,[1139] are to be dispensed by ministers of the gospel, and by none other;[1140] and to be continued in the church of Christ until his second coming.[1141]
Reforming the Un-Reformed: ACNA, Tractarians, Costals, Arminians & Kin: Corrections from the Canons of Dordt and Westminster Larger Catechism.
Forthwith, for the ACNA, be it known—as of yesteryear—remove that “insufferable thing” masquerading as a “catechism" in the 1662, 1928, 1873 and the 1979 Books of Common Prayer. Fix it.
For all others, keep calm and take the medicine.
Proverbs 12.1: “Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.”
Canons of Dordt
The Fifth Head of Doctrine: The Perseverance of the Saints
Having set forth the orthodox teaching, the Synod rejects the errors of those:
VII
Who teach that the faith of those who believe only temporarily does not differ from justifying and saving faith except in duration alone.
For Christ himself in Matthew 13:20ff. and Luke 8:13ff. clearly defines these further differences between temporary and true believers: he says that the former receive the seed on rocky ground, and the latter receive it in good ground, or a good heart; the former have no root, and the latter are firmly rooted; the former have no fruit, and the latter produce fruit in varying measure, with steadfastness, or perseverance.
Having set forth the orthodox teaching, the Synod rejects the errors of those
VIII
Who teach that it is not absurd that a person, after losing his former regeneration, should once again, indeed quite often, be reborn.
For by this teaching they deny the imperishable nature of God’s seed by which we are born again, contrary to the testimony of the apostle Peter: Born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable (1 Pet. 1:23).
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December 13, 2013
Westminster Larger Catechism
Q. 176. Wherein do the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s supper agree?
A. The sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s supper agree, in that the author of both is God;[1137] the spiritual part of both is Christ and his benefits;[1138] both are seals of the same covenant,[1139] are to be dispensed by ministers of the gospel, and by none other;[1140] and to be continued in the church of Christ until his second coming.[1141]
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