One Little Nail
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On the Not KJVO,KJVP. http://www.puritanboard.com/f63/not-kjvo-kjvp-81126/index3.html#post1025119
armourbearer has said;
to which I replied;
I Believe The Scriptures give Legitimacy to The Confession & not Vice-a-Verse, that would be putting the cart before the horse it was The Solemn League & Covenant that gave birth to The Confession, The Scripture is Infallible The Confession is not,
The Westminster Divines in their Confession state that Councils my err, What was Westminster if not a Church Council even The Scottish Kirk made a Declarative Statement in regards to The Civil Governments power in regarding the Calling of
Councils/Assemblies if I remember rightly, that's just another way of saying they didn't agree with that section, as I said Confession are not Infallible & The Westminster Divines, they have said themselves Councils may err.
What if the Confession errs, My Faith is in God & The Lord Jesus Christ & His Word not in The Confession, it troubles me not it's just a mere fallible guide, I hold to Supralapsarianism as I well know you do also The Westminster Confession teaches & favours
the Infralapsarian Position so if were right then The Confession err's, so which lapsarian lens do we approach The Scriptures with or do we let The Scriptures Speak for themselves & let them be our Confession, we Christians need to return to Sola Scriptura
This is why Confessions will always be & musts be subordinate & inferior standards, like the Law points to The Lord Jesus Christ, they must always be pointing us back to to The Supreme Standard, The Scriptures.
To which armourbearer replied;
any thoughts?
armourbearer has said;
The very term "holy Scripture" requires a confessional understanding. So yes, it must be the proper hermeneutic to approach Scripture through the lens of the Confessions. Some theological framework must be brought to it. It is only right that it should be the orthodox one.
to which I replied;
I Believe The Scriptures give Legitimacy to The Confession & not Vice-a-Verse, that would be putting the cart before the horse it was The Solemn League & Covenant that gave birth to The Confession, The Scripture is Infallible The Confession is not,
The Westminster Divines in their Confession state that Councils my err, What was Westminster if not a Church Council even The Scottish Kirk made a Declarative Statement in regards to The Civil Governments power in regarding the Calling of
Councils/Assemblies if I remember rightly, that's just another way of saying they didn't agree with that section, as I said Confession are not Infallible & The Westminster Divines, they have said themselves Councils may err.
What if the Confession errs, My Faith is in God & The Lord Jesus Christ & His Word not in The Confession, it troubles me not it's just a mere fallible guide, I hold to Supralapsarianism as I well know you do also The Westminster Confession teaches & favours
the Infralapsarian Position so if were right then The Confession err's, so which lapsarian lens do we approach The Scriptures with or do we let The Scriptures Speak for themselves & let them be our Confession, we Christians need to return to Sola Scriptura
This is why Confessions will always be & musts be subordinate & inferior standards, like the Law points to The Lord Jesus Christ, they must always be pointing us back to to The Supreme Standard, The Scriptures.
To which armourbearer replied;
The supremacy of Scripture is itself a "standard" of interpretation. There are others who do not read Scripture through this "standard." By our confession we approach Scripture as supreme. The Confession is subordinate to Scripture, but it is still a "standard." The authority of the truth has not been diminished by the simple fact that it has been formulated in propositional terms.
any thoughts?