 | Charles Augustus Briggs - 1876 - 46 pages
...church. Our standards teach that "the word of God is the only rule of faith and obedience,-" and that "the authority of the Holy Scripture, for -which it...testimony of any man or church, but wholly upon God, the the author thereof."f How unorthodox it is therefore to set up another rule of prevalent opinion... | |
 | Theology - 1876 - 836 pages
...authority of Scripture on a thoroughly sure footing. " The authority of Scripture," says our confession, "dependeth not upon the testimony of any man or church, but wholly on God, and therefore it is to be received because it is the word of God." From this it follows that... | |
 | World alliance of reformed Churches - 1877 - 400 pages
...good duties that we are bound to practise. IV. The authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it onght to be believed and obeyed, dependeth not upon the...is to be received, because it is the word of God. V. We may be moved and induced by the testimony of the Church to an high and reverend esteem of the... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1900 - 540 pages
...Epistles of Peter. The first, second and third Epistles of John. The Epistle of Jude. The Revelation. IV. The authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it...therefore it is to be received, because it is the Word of God.f V. We may be moved and induced by the testimony of the Church to an high and reverent esteem... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - Presbyterian Church - 1900 - 634 pages
...confirmation of his opinion he adduces the Confession of Faith, Chap. I., Sec. 4: "The authority of Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed...is to be received, because it is the word of God." Again: "All that we need to know, all that any Presbyterian ever subscribes to is that the Scriptures... | |
 | Edward Dafydd Morris - Presbyterian Church - 1900 - 886 pages
...ground of their demonstrated inspiration only. They aver that the authority of these inspired books dependeth not upon the testimony of any man or church, but wholly upon God: and that the Bible, as made up, is to be received because it is the Word of God. This position stands... | |
 | Lyman Abbott - Biography & Autobiography - 1903 - 526 pages
...the record of that inspiration that has been taking place from generation to generation. [Reading] "The authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it...is to be received, because it is the word of God." I have no objections to make to that. [Reading] " We may be moved and induced by the testimony of the... | |
 | Ernst Friedrich Karl Müller - Reformed Church - 1903 - 1064 pages
...otherwise approved, or made use of, than other human Writings h. h. Luk. 24, 27. «. Rom. 3, g. 2. 20 4. The Authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it...Testimony of any Man, or Church ; but wholly upon God 25 (who is Truth it self) the Author thereof; and therefore it is to be received, because it is the... | |
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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... 
