Report of the committee appointed by the Presbytery of New York, at its meeting on April 13, 1891, to consider the "Inaugural address" of Rev. Charles A. Briggs, D.D., in its relation to the Confession of faith ..

Presbyterian Church In The U.S.A. Presbytery Of New York, Charles A. (Charles Augustus) Briggs

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^iSS^t^htologicatj^ fm#^ ;^"^ %PRINCETON, N. J. % \^0\Wosr\Presented by Ws.^X C/\uent in He- brew, (which was the native lan- guage of the people of God of old,) and the New Testament in Greek, (which at the time of the writing of it was most generally known to the nations,) being immediately in- spired by God, and by his singular care and providence, kept pure in all ages, are therefore aut/txtttical in all controversies teligion theso as of church is finally to appeal unto them. But because these original tongues are not known to all the people of God who have right unto, and inter- u est in the Scriptures, and are com- manded, in the fear of God, to read and search them, therefore they are to be translated into the vulgar lan- guage of every nation unto which they come, that the word of God dwelling plentifully in all, they may worship Him in an acceptable man- ner, and, through patience and com- fort of the Scriptures, may have hope. IX. The infallible rule of inter- pretation of Scripture, is the Scrip- ture itself; and therefore, when there is a question about the true and full sense of any scripture (which is not manifold, but one), it ma}' be searched and known b)'other places that speak clearly.more X.

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• Langue: English
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