The Power and Government of the Church (2): The Keys Given by Christ Only to His Bride, Not the State

In this series of articles we are considering some of the principles of Reformed church government. The first article was on the principle that Christ has chosen and qualified certain individuals to represent Him as special officebearers in the church. A second principle of Reformed church government has often been referred to as the autonomy of the instituted church. In this article we begin to consider what is meant by this truth. By autonomy is meant self-governing. When we say that an...