Presbyterian Moderator Should be Disciplined
Rev. Angus Stewart argues that the Presbyterian Church in Ireland's moderator, Rev. Ken Newell, should face church discipline for his ecumenical engagement with Roman Catholics, which Stewart contends violates the Westminster Confession's teaching on marriage with non-believers and the Roman Church's status as a false church. Stewart uses the Confession's statements on papal doctrine, the mass, and transubstantiation to demonstrate the theological incompatibility between Presbyterian and Catholic positions, questioning why the PCI elected a known ecumenist to its highest office.
Rev. Angus Stewart The 2004-2005 moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI), Rev. Ken Newell, is walking in disobedience to the Word of God as summarised in his church’s official creed and so ought to be under church discipline. The Westminster Confession states, “it is the duty of Christians only to marry in the Lord. And therefore … [they] should not marry with infidels, Papists or other idolaters” (24:3). Though his confession teaches that Roman Catholics are non-Christians and...