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1580 Handwritten Belgic Confession

In his book The Belgic Confession: Its History and Sources, N. H. Gootjes notes the existence of a handwritten copy […]

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15 December 2015

Belgic Confession Confessional Subscription David Stuart Jean Taffin Johannes Polyander N. H. Gootjes subscription

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Lutheran Confessional Subscription

Francis Pieper wrote this about confessional subscription in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) of his day: This same truth […]

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18 August 2010

Confessional Subscription Francis Pieper Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Westminster Standards

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Does the Belgic Confession Undermine Confessional Subscription?

“Reflection on confessional subscription often makes use of BC art. 7.  At times the article is used to undermine having […]

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28 September 2009

Belgic Confession Confessional Subscription

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Scripture and Confession

Some good insights here: “In Dutch Reformed circles, relinquishing the sola Scriptura of the Great Reformation was one of the […]

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11 September 2009

Confessional Subscription Scripture

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1883 Form of Subscription

One of the notable things about “By This Our Subscription”  is the primary source material, much of which I believe […]

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7 September 2009

Confessional Subscription

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What are Confessions?

In the 1860s, several different views of confessions were found amongst people claiming to be Reformed in the Netherlands: Modernists […]

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7 September 2009

Confessional Subscription

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18th Century Familiarity with the Confessions

I’m reading Karlo Janssen’s dissertation, “By This Our Subscription.”  Part of it is historically oriented and in one section he […]

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31 August 2009

Canons of Dort Confessional Subscription

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Rev. Wes Bredenhof (B.A., M.Div., Th.D.) is pastor of the Free Reformed Church in Launceston, Tasmania. Read More
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Books by Wes Bredenhof

Aiming to Please

Published 2020

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Seven Wondrous Words

Published 2019

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Solus Christus

Published 2018

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