Presbyterian Moderator Invites Roman Primate of Ireland to the General Assembly
Rev. Angus Stewart critiques the Presbyterian Church in Ireland's Moderator for inviting a Roman Catholic primate to their General Assembly, arguing this violates the Westminster Confession's stance against Catholic doctrine. Stewart systematically contrasts Presbyterian and Roman Catholic theology on key doctrines including predestination, justification, and the sacraments to demonstrate fundamental incompatibility between the two traditions.
Rev. Angus Stewart The Westminster Confession (WC), the official creed of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI), states that “such as profess the true reformed religion should not marry with infidels, Papists, or other idolaters” (WC 24:3). Yet the 2004-2005 PCI Moderator, Rev. Ken Newell, invited the primate of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, Dr. Sean Brady, to be his honoured guest at the opening night of the Presbyterian General Assembly (7 June, 2004). A church is Presbyterian to...