The Confessional Status of the Canons (4)

Hence, the Canons came into existence alongside our other two standards in a natural way, occasioned by an attack against the truth contained in those standards. And the position which the Canons occupy as a confession must be considered in this light. Their confessional authority and rank is, of course, the same, so that together the three creeds constitute our Three Forms of Unity. But as far as their content is con­cerned, the Three Forms are not at all coordinate. Hence, the Canons came...