The PRCA and the true/false church (2)
This editorial by Joshua Engelsma examines the Reformed theological distinction between true and false churches according to Scripture and the Belgic Confession, using the three marks of the church (pure doctrine, proper sacraments, and biblical church government) as the standard. The article surveys how this distinction has been applied throughout Reformed history, particularly in the Protestant Reformation's evaluation of the Roman Catholic Church and in the Protestant Reformed Churches tradition.
In this series of editorials, we are examining the distinction between a true church and a false church. The first few editorials are devoted to setting forth a right understanding of that distinction, and then a few other articles will make application of the distinction to the Protestant Reformed Churches (PRC). In the previous article, we looked at how the Belgic Confession and the Scriptures set forth this distinction. The conclusion we reached was that it is in keeping with the Belgic...
Full article available on sb.rfpa.org
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