Strictly Confessional Binding

In 1951, the synod of the Protestant Reformed Churches (PRC) adopted a document called "A Brief Declaration of Principles of the PRC" (hereafter, the "Declaration"). This was a time of severe internal struggle in the PRC over the doctrine of the covenant. The issue was whether at baptism the covenant promise is made by God to every baptized child or to the elect children only. The former view maintains that the covenant promise depends for its fulfillment on a condition that the child must...