Paragraph 30.1
Chapter 30: Of Church Censures
The Lord Jesus, as king and head of his church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of church-officers, distinct from the civil magistrate.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Changes from Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 30.1
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 30.1
The Lord Jesus, as king and head of his church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of Church Officers, church-officers, distinct from the civil magistrate.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 30.1
The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of his Church, hath therein appointed a Government, in the hand of Church Officers, distinct from the Civil Magistrate.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 30.1
The Lord Jesus, as king and head of his church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of church-officers, distinct from the civil magistrate.
Commentaries (2)
David Dickson, 1684, Truths Victory over Error
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 30.1, which this paragraph revises
Hath the Lord Jesus as King, and Head of his Church, appointed therein a Government, in the hands of Church-Officers, distinct from the Civil Magistrate? Yes. Are Church Censures…
David Dickson’s text
John Macpherson, 1881, The Westminster Confession of Faith, with Introduction and Notes
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 30.1, which this paragraph revises
This statement is singularly well conceived, and has been the subject of very general approval. The position of the Westminster divines was a delicate one. In opposition to the…
John Macpherson’s text