An Essential Tenet: Sola Scriptura or Nolo Scriptura?
A judicial commissioner raised the question last Friday whether the prohibition of homosexual practice was an “essential tenet of the Reformed faith.” I said in and of itself it was not, but its mandate for church officers derives from something that is an essential tenet of the Reformed faith: the Scriptures in both Old and New Testaments are the only rule of faith and practice and the only basis for the church’s spiritual authority in any particular matter (G-1.0307). I know we’re in risky territory to actually name an essential of the Reformed faith. Years ago as editor, I asked […]
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