Another Look at the Declaration of Principles (1)

In 1951, the synod of the Protestant Reformed Churches formally adopted a document entitled "A Brief Declaration of Principles of the Protestant Reformed Churches." The document had four parts, which can be briefly summarized as follows: 1) Common grace; 2) Salvation by sovereign, particular grace; 3) The covenant; and 4) Church government. Perhaps 75% of the document consisted of quotations from the Reformed confessions. The synod also approved a preamble, which sheds a little light on the...