The Covenant Doctrine of the “Fathers of the Secession” (3)

Controversy over the Covenant In 1861, two ministers, K.J. Pieters and J.R. Kreulen, introduced a new doctrine of the covenant into the Christian Separated [Dutch: "Afgescheidene"] Reformed Church -- the denomination formed in the Netherlands by the Secession of 1834. This doctrine was a radical departure from the doctrine of the covenant of the "fathers of the Secession." The fundamental feature of the covenant doctrine of Pieters and Kreulen was its denial that the covenant of grace with...