Schism (3): Doctrinal issues
Gritters addresses the doctrinal controversies that precipitated a schism in the Protestant Reformed Churches, noting that separatists have charged the denomination with apostasy and lost the marks of a true church. The editorial calls for biblical church discipline through Matthew 18 procedures and consistory action rather than public debate in the Standard Bearer, while promising future treatment of how controversies ought to be properly handled within the bond of churches.
The two most recent editorials have lamented the schism in the Protestant Reformed Churches (PRC) and warned of the continued threat to these churches. Hearts are heavy for brothers and sisters we love, who have not only left the fellowship of the PRC but charged her with the most serious evils. For them the PRC have so apostatized that it would be grossest sin not to come out from them and be separate. Their "Act of Separation" declares the PRC to have lost the marks of the true church (see...
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