 | Frederick Fyvie Bruce - 2002 - 292 pages
...are not part of the canon of the Scripture; and therefore are of no authority in the Church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved, or made use of, than other human writings." This policy prevailed in the Church of Scotland, but was reversed in the Church of England after the... | |
 | Charles H. H. Scobie - 2003 - 1060 pages
...are no part of the canon of the scripture; and therefore are of no authority in the Church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved, or made use of, than other human writings" (1:3). The Protestant position hardened even further in the early nineteenth century and was responsible... | |
 | Jaroslav Pelikan - 2005 - 678 pages
...are no part of the canon of the Scripture; and therefore are of no authority in the church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved, or made use of, than other human writings";104 and The Confession of the Waldenses of 1655. 105 Eventually the British and Foreign Bible... | |
 | R. H. Charles - 2004 - 704 pages
...severer view prevailed. While in some Confessions, ie the Westminster, it is decreed that they are not ' to be any otherwise approved or made use of than other human writings ', a more favourable view is expressed regarding them in many other quarters ; eg in the preface prefixed... | |
 | Gerald Lewis Bray - 2004 - 682 pages
...are no part of the canon of the Scripture, and therefore are of no authority in the Church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved or made use of, than other human writings.8 04. The authority of the holy Scripture for which it ought to be believed and obeyed, dependeth... | |
 | Joseph D. Small - 2005 - 268 pages
...Westminster dismisses them altogether, arguing that they "are of no authority in the Church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved, or made use of, than other human writings" (6.003). Westminster makes clear from the outset that Scripture is God's gift to fallen humanity; there... | |
 | Robert Tudur Jones, Kenneth Dix, Alan Ruston - 2006 - 448 pages
...are no part of the Canon of the Scripture; and therefore are of no authority in the Church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved, or made use of, than other human writings. IV. The authority of the holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed and obeyed, dependeth not... | |
 | Ariel Hessayon - 2007 - 508 pages
...are no part of the Canon of the Scripture; and therefore are of no authority in the Church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved, or made use of, than other humane writings.41 Among the Apocryphal books one was accounted 'the Apocrypha of the Apocrypha', because... | |
 | 1910 - 622 pages
...the Old Testament. The Westminster Confession says "they are of no authority In the church of God. nor to be any otherwise approved or made use of than other human writings." — AWB I NEWMAN WALKER'S DERMATOLOGY The writer regards this book as one of the very best presentations... | |
 | 1881 - 298 pages
...Confession (1643) declares with more severity that they " are of no authority in the Church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved or made use of than other human writings" (ch. I. 3). These two different standpoints virtually reflect the subsequent attitude of England and... | |
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The books commonly called Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are no part of the Canon of the Scripture; and therefore are of no authority in the Church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved, or made use of, than other human writings. 
