Ecumenical Synodical Problems (1)

Recently, there was assembled in Grand Rapids what was called the First Ecumenical Synod of Reformed Churches'. The reader knows what is meant by a synod: it is the broadest gathering of a group of Reformed churches. The term ecumenical signifies universal, worldwide. Co that, strictly speaking, an ecumenical synod is a synod that represents all the Reformed churches, over the whole world. This First Ecumenical Synod of Reformed Churches, however, represented only three groups of churches that...