Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Chapter 1: Of the Holy scripture
The authority of the holy scripture, for which it ought to be believed and obeyed, dependeth not upon the testimony of any man or church, but wholly upon God, (who is truth itself,) the author thereof; and therefore it is to be received, because it is the word of God.
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Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 1.4
The authority of the holy scripture, for which it ought to be believed and obeyed, dependeth not upon the testimony of any man or church, but wholly upon God, (who is truth itself,) the author thereof; and therefore it is to be received, because it is the word of God.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 1.4
The Authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be beleeved and obeyed, dependeth not upon the Testimony of any man, or Church; but wholly upon God (who is Truth it selfe) the Author thereof: and therefore it is to be received, because it is the Word of God.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 1.4
The authority of the holy scripture, for which it ought to be believed and obeyed, dependeth not upon the testimony of any man or church, but wholly upon God, (who is truth itself,) the author thereof; and therefore it is to be received, because it is the word of God.
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 1.4, which this paragraph revises
Is the Light of Nature, and the works of Creation and Providence, sufficient to give that knowledge of GOD, and of his Will, which is necessary to Salvation? No. Are the holy…
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 1.4, which this paragraph revises
The ultimate authority of Holy Scripture is declared to rest upon God Himself, from whom it comes. His Spirit inspires it, and this renders it infallible. Romanists, however, and…
