Julio Martinez Jr
Puritan Board Freshman
“The historic Episcopate is also to be distinguished from those bodies whose administrative officers are called Bishops, but who do not have, or make, claim descent from the Apostles.”
With other Reformed and Evangelical bodies, they confess, The Sixth Article states, “Holy Scripture
containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not
read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any
man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or thought requisite or necessary
to salvation.” Thus, our reliance upon and confession of Holy Scripture as the record of
God’s will for His Church, is the great dividing line between us and the Roman
Communion, which has manifestly added to the biblical record.
containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not
read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any
man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or thought requisite or necessary
to salvation.” Thus, our reliance upon and confession of Holy Scripture as the record of
God’s will for His Church, is the great dividing line between us and the Roman
Communion, which has manifestly added to the biblical record.
So here’s my question: how does a Reformed person answer one who holds to apostolic succession by the laying on of hands, being that they hold to a vital article of faith, namely justification by faith alone? What do Reformed authorities have to say about Episcopalians who share common articles of the faith? This article makes claim that those who do not belong to this "fold" are outside God's Law. This resonates of Rome in my personal opinion.
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