Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Chapter 30: Of Church Censures
To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, by virtue whereof they have power respectively to retain and remit sins, to shut that kingdom against the impenitent, both by the word and censures; and to open it unto penitent sinners, by the ministry of the gospel, and by absolution from censures, as occasion shall require.
No change, but in spelling and punctuation.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 30.2
To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, by virtue whereof they have power respectively to retain and remit sins, to shut that kingdom against the impenitent, both by the word and censures; and to open it unto penitent sinners, by the ministry of the gospel, and by absolution from censures, as occasion shall require.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 30.2
To these Officers, the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven are committed: by vertue whereof, they have power, respectively, to retain, and remit sins; to shut that Kingdom against the impenitent, both by the Word, and Censures; and to open it unto penitent sinners, by the Ministry of the Gospel, and by Absolution from Censures, as occasion shall require.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 30.2
To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, by virtue whereof they have power respectively to retain and remit sins, to shut that kingdom against the impenitent, both by the word and censures; and to open it unto penitent sinners, by the ministry of the gospel, and by absolution from censures, as occasion shall require.
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 30.2, 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…
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 30.2, which this paragraph revises
Those church-officers for whom the former section claimed a special jurisdiction, have here their special duties laid down. The power which they exercise is called the Power of…
