No Merely Formal Ties (1)
Russell Dykstra examines the Protestant Reformed Churches' approach to church unity and ecumenical relations, specifically exploring the constitutional principles that govern the Committee for Contact with Other Churches. The article grounds the denomination's commitment to manifesting the unity of Christ's church in Reformed confessional theology while emphasizing that meaningful unity must be based on shared faith rather than merely formal institutional ties.
Previous article in this series: November 15, 2012, p. 77. The Protestant Reformed Churches in America, in obedience to Scripture as interpreted in our three forms of unity, confess that there is one holy, catholic church. They believe, further, that it is their sacred duty to manifest the true unity and catholicity of the church on earth in as far as that is possible, not only in their denominational fellowship but also in conjunction with all churches which have obtained like precious...
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