Secret sins

Rev. Joshua Engelsma provides an explanation of Article 73 of the Church Order concerning secret sins and congregational discipline, drawing from Johannes Jansen's commentary and tracing the article's origins through the Synods of Emden and Dort. The resource emphasizes that church discipline originates within the congregation through brotherly admonition rather than solely through consistory action, and clarifies the distinction between sins that are repented of privately and those that pose danger to the church's spiritual welfare.