Negative Rebuttal (RESOLVED:—That Heidelberg Catechism Preaching is Ministry of the Word)

Negative Rebuttal: When the Negative now undertakes a refutation of the arguments of the opponent, we must clearly understand what the justified assumptions are. The Affirmative has plainly assumed too strongly the a priori validity of his position, and also assumed that he was defending the status quo. We take this connection to remind our esteemed opponent that his position far from a priori valid, is rather the decretal of group of men subject to the weaknesses that mark all men and its...