Andrew P.C.
Puritan Board Junior
I was reading through the minutes and I came across this:
What is the purpose for this? Personally, I find it somewhat alarming when someone wants to change language because it's "archaic". The Westminster standards was written in the high orthodox period with precise language for a reason. Updating the language alters meaning and preciseness.
"... presented the recommendation for the committee with the three grounds, to update in narrow and modest ways, the language identified as archaic in the Westminster Standards, with no doctrinal changes."
OPC 2017 GA, Committee of Christian Education
What is the purpose for this? Personally, I find it somewhat alarming when someone wants to change language because it's "archaic". The Westminster standards was written in the high orthodox period with precise language for a reason. Updating the language alters meaning and preciseness.