Broad Church on Broad Way
Rev. Angus Stewart critiques the Presbyterian Church in Ireland's embrace of theological pluralism and doctrinal latitude, arguing that such "broad" positions contradict the Westminster Standards and biblical commands for doctrinal unity. He contends that toleration of liberal and modernist theology within the denomination represents infidelity to Scripture and Christ's warning that the broad way leads to destruction.
Rev. Angus Stewart Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI) Communications and Press Secretary, Stephen Lynas’ letter (Belfast Telegraph, 3 March, 2008) tries to gloss over the different theologies in the PCI but this only serves to underscore its unfaithfulness to Jesus Christ. He writes of “latitude” and “different understanding” in interpretation of God’s Word. But “the true and full sense of any scripture is … not manifold but one” (Westminster Confession 1:9). He glories in the PCI’s “broad...