Our Doctrinal Heritage
This commemorative article by Richard Smit provides a comprehensive overview of the doctrinal heritage of the Protestant Reformed Churches in America, tracing their confession of the ecumenical creeds and Reformed confessions from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The article establishes the foundational theological commitments that distinguish the PRCA, particularly emphasizing God's absolute sovereignty, divine revelation, and the role of Jesus Christ in revealing God's nature and redemptive purposes. It serves as an accessible introduction to the distinctive doctrinal identity and theological traditions that have shaped the PRCA's existence as a separate federation of confessional Reformed churches.
In thankful commemoration of Jehovah's goodness and mercy to our Protestant Reformed Churches in America through the past century, this article takes a bird's-eye view of the living organism of our doctrinal heritage that Jehovah graciously has preserved among us. Since this article can only be an overview, a complete exposition of the Reformed doctrines that the PRCA has sought to maintain as our living biblical confession can be found in the many writings of Protestant Reformed theologians....
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