The Canonical Sufficiency of Scripture (Belgic Confession 7a)
This article examines Article 7 of the Belgic Confession, exploring the Reformed doctrine of the sufficiency and perfection of Scripture as the complete and infallible rule of faith. Rev. Stewart provides a detailed linguistic and theological analysis of how the Confession grounds the authority and completeness of the 66-book biblical canon against competing claims to authority from human tradition, councils, and extra-biblical sources.
Rev. Angus Stewart Belgic Confession 7: The Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures to Be the Only Rule of Faith We believe that those Holy Scriptures fully contain the will of God, and that whatsoever man ought to believe unto salvation is sufficiently taught therein. For, since the whole manner of worship which God requires of us is written in them at large, it is unlawful for any one, though an apostle, to teach otherwise than we are now taught in the Holy Scriptures; nay, though it were an...