PCI Moderator Betrays Confession at Westminster
Rev. Angus Stewart critiques the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland for attending an ecumenical service with Pope Benedict XVI at Westminster Abbey, arguing that such participation contradicts the Westminster Confession's explicit condemnations of Roman Catholic doctrine across numerous chapters. The article systematically demonstrates the doctrinal incompatibility between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism as defined by the Reformed confessional standards, making it a vigorous defense of Reformed orthodoxy against perceived compromises in ecumenical engagement.
Rev. Angus Stewart The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI), Dr. Norman Hamilton of Ballysillan PCI in Belfast, stated that was “glad to change [his] travel plans” to accept an invitation to attend a religious service at which the Pope, as an honoured guest, delivered a speech (Friday 17 September, 2010). The venue for this ecumenical service with the Bishop of Rome (on his papal tour of the UK) is striking: Westminster Abbey in London, where the Westminster Confession of...