Hi, all.
I wish to ask a question of those of you who are well-versed in the Reformed confessions, particularly the Westminster Standards and the Three Forms of Unity. Are there "advantages" to one or the other? Are there certain things one stresses that the other does not? From my cursory reading, here are a couple things I gather:
1) The Westminster Confession has an explicit discussion of covenant theology, where the Three Forms of Unity seem to lack it (it is definitely assumed, however).
2) The Three Forms of Unity has an extended discussion on the so-called TULIP, and a defense of each point contained in one large section, where the Westminster Confession seems to have this spread throughout.
Please note: I am not asking which confession is "better." I am simply asking 1) if any confession has a particularly greater emphasis in a certain area and 2) why someone would confess one over the other (aside from those who confess it because they were raised on it; I am excluded from that group). Also, is there a particular emphasis unique to the Second Helvetic Confession?
Thank you all!
I wish to ask a question of those of you who are well-versed in the Reformed confessions, particularly the Westminster Standards and the Three Forms of Unity. Are there "advantages" to one or the other? Are there certain things one stresses that the other does not? From my cursory reading, here are a couple things I gather:
1) The Westminster Confession has an explicit discussion of covenant theology, where the Three Forms of Unity seem to lack it (it is definitely assumed, however).
2) The Three Forms of Unity has an extended discussion on the so-called TULIP, and a defense of each point contained in one large section, where the Westminster Confession seems to have this spread throughout.
Please note: I am not asking which confession is "better." I am simply asking 1) if any confession has a particularly greater emphasis in a certain area and 2) why someone would confess one over the other (aside from those who confess it because they were raised on it; I am excluded from that group). Also, is there a particular emphasis unique to the Second Helvetic Confession?
Thank you all!