Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Chapter 31: Of Synods and Councils
All synods or councils since the apostle’s times, whether general or particular, may err, and many have erred; therefore they are not to be made the rule of faith or practice, but to be used as an help in both.
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Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 31.4
All synods or councils since the apostle’s times, whether general or particular, may err, and many have erred; therefore they are not to be made the rule of faith or practice, but to be used as an help in both.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 31.4
All Synods or Councels, since the Apostles times, whether general, or particular, may erre; and, many have erred. Therefore, they are not to be made the Rule of Faith, or practise; but, to be used as an Help in both.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 31.3
All synods or councils since the apostle’s times, whether general or particular, may err, and many have erred; therefore they are not to be made the rule of faith or practice, but to be used as an help in both.
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 31.4, which this paragraph revises
Ought there to be such Assemblies for the Government and further edification of the Church, as are called Synods and Councils? Yes. May not the Ministers of the Church of…
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 31.4, which this paragraph revises
Ecclesiastical councils are not infallible. The Romish Church for a time maintained that, while particular or provincial synods had erred, Œcumenical or general synods had never…
