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  Westminster Confession of Faith
It is unfortunate because reformed Christians operating under the Westminster Standards ought to be the first to recognize the legitimacy of theonomy.
The Assembly wrote the Confession of Faith in Elizabethan English identical with the KJV, even (1) employing its phraseology and (2) using it as the text for the Scripture proof texts.
A leading criticism of the Puritans of the Westminster Assembly and of the 1600s is their endorsement of the application of capital punishment in accordance with the Old Testament law.
www.cmfnow.com /articles/pe551.htm   (2187 words)

  
 Charles Finney vs. the Westminster Confession   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
If Finney had not read the Confession prior to his ordination, it is not likely that he gained great familiarity with it afterward, since federal theology insists upon 'universal, perfect, and uniterupted obedience to law' as the proper ground of justification.
Those who opposed innovations in faith or practice were constantly having to defend themselves against the horrific charge of refusing to cooperate with the inevitable progress of history.
Michael Horton is the vice chairman of the Council of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, and is associate professor of historical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in California.
www.graceonlinelibrary.org /articles/full.asp?id=43|43|613   (9955 words)

  
 Classical Christian On-line Distance Education: ACADEMICS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Westminster Assembly was convened by the British Parliament in 1643 to produce the Longer and Shorter Catechisms.
One of the most pressing concerns of the Reformers was that the articles of the "Protestant Faith" should be passed on to the children of believers and new converts.
The student will boldly express his or her faith in their work, words, and writings; even the elusive areas where mathematics comes to bear, as in engineering and science.
www.classicalfree.org /academics.asp   (5960 words)

  
 Site Index
Bitesize Theology: An ABC of the Christian Faith By Peter Jeffery
The Westminster Confession of Faith with parallel Modern English
Westminster Confession of Faith: A Study Guide by G. Williamson
www.monergismbooks.com /siteindex.html   (1990 words)

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