Belgic Confession (1561), Heidelberg Catechism (1563) and the Canons of Dort (1619) Explanation This harmony differs from many of the others in that it begins with the Confession which recognizes its natural pedagogical and chronological priority over the Catechism and the Canons. . . . Continue reading →
September 1998 Archive
Regensburg and Regensburg II: Trying to Reconcile Irreconcilable Differences on Justification
Introduction When in 1618 the Reformed theologian J. H. Alsted (1588-1638) declared that the Protestant doctrine of justification is that “article of faith by which the church stands or falls” (articulus stantis et candentis ecclesiae), he was only repeating what all Protestants . . . Continue reading →