PointyHaired Calvinist
Puritan Board Junior
Article 8 was our reading tonight. Great stuff, it I was scratching my head with one proof text -
The Father is the cause, origin, and beginning of all things visible and invisible;9
Col. 1:16—For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
I always thought this was referring to the Son rather than the Father. Do we know when these proof texts were appended to the Confession?
(I’m using the Protestant Reformed version of the proof texts.)
The Father is the cause, origin, and beginning of all things visible and invisible;9
Col. 1:16—For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
I always thought this was referring to the Son rather than the Father. Do we know when these proof texts were appended to the Confession?
(I’m using the Protestant Reformed version of the proof texts.)