Views During The Time of the Reformation (24): Views on the Church: The Formal Principle; The Material Principle

We concluded our preceding, article with the question whether our rejection of the error of Rationalism also implies that our faith must therefore be regarded as irrational and unreasonable. And then we wish to remark in the first place that it is not a question now at this time of "defective logic or reason." Many of our readers undoubtedly know that our Protestant Reformed Churches have been accused of rationalism in our approach to and interpretation of the Scriptures. We concluded our...