Of the Holy Scripture Being the True Word of God (Second Helvetic Confession, 1a)
This article by Ronald Cammenga begins a series of expositions on the Second Helvetic Confession, focusing on its opening chapter on the authority and sufficiency of canonical Scripture. The author explains how the Reformed doctrine of Scripture distinguished the Reformation movement from both Roman Catholicism and Anabaptism, establishing Scripture's self-authenticating authority as foundational to all Reformed theology.
Previous article in this series: March 1, 2015, p. 254. With this article we begin our consideration of the thirty chapters of the Second Helvetic Confession. Considering the length of these chapters, our plan is to write two Standard Bearer articles on each chapter. We will quote the individual sections of each chapter; following each section we will give a brief exposition. We intend to use the titles of the chapters of the Confession as the titles for our articles. Although the chapters of...
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