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To: OpusatFR; Dr. Eckleburg

Dr. E. has posted an excerpt from the Westminster Confession several times that call the Pope the antichrist.

The OPC (to which she claims that she belongs) uses the revised version in which that has been removed, oddly enough.


251 posted on 01/29/2008 9:35:41 AM PST by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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To: MarkBsnr; Dr. Eckleburg
The OPC (to which she claims that she belongs)

DOC! When did you go OPC???

267 posted on 01/29/2008 10:45:54 AM PST by Gamecock (Aaron had what every mega-church pastor craves: a huge crowd that gave freely and lively worship.)
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To: MarkBsnr; Gamecock
The OPC uses the Westminster Confession of Faith of 1646 with minor changes, one of them being to delete the word, "anti-Christ."

However, the OPC still publishes the complete 1646 version and there is nothing in its by-laws that forbids the use of the earliest Confession.

I and many others prefer its clarity. But in no way does it effect one's salvation, one's membership in Christ's church, or in our Scriptural understanding of God's purpose in our lives.

Here's a quick run-down of the American revisions to the original English/Scottish Westminster Confession for anyone who's interested. (Remember we Americans are an ecumenical bunch, even sometimes to the detriment of the truth.)

WESTMINSTER CONFESSION OF FAITH

And Mark, I am just thrilled you continue to show such interest in the WCF which, IMO, is second only to the Bible and then Calvin's Institutes as the finest reiteration of God's will and word ever written.

Keep reading it. And please remember that salvation isn't in the letter of the law, or in punctuation or syntax, but in God's mercy alone. The WCF doesn't save anyone. Christ alone saves the fallen sinner.

286 posted on 01/29/2008 12:02:49 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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