Is the Presbyterian Church in Ireland a Faithful Church?
Rev. Angus Stewart evaluates whether the Presbyterian Church in Ireland remains a faithful church according to the Westminster Confession's standards, examining its departures in doctrine (higher criticism, Arminianism), sacraments, worship practices, and church government (female ordination). The article argues that the PCI is degenerating across these three marks of a true church and applies the confession's own criteria to question its ecclesiastical status.
Rev. Angus Stewart The Church of Rome declares that the Presbyterian Church is not a church “in the proper sense” (Dominus Iesus, para. 17). The official confession of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI), the Westminster Confession (WC), also raises questions in this regard, though for totally different reasons. Churches “are more or less pure, according as the doctrine of the gospel is taught and embraced, ordinances administered and public worship performed more or less purely in them”...