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Publication
Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans.
Physical description
x, 475 p.; 25 cm
Notes
See also: Biblical Authority : A Critique of the Rogers/McKim Proposal, by John D. Woodbridge (Zondervan, 1982).
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
PART I - AN HISTORICAL SETTING FOR INTERPRETING THE DOCTRINE OF SCRIPTURE IN THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION.
Chapter I. The Contemporary Criticism of Scripture in the Westminster Confession against the Background of Earlier Presbyterian Conflicts.
A. Contemporary Criticism of the Westminster Confession in the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
B. The Princeton Theology: Its Interpretation of Scripture in the Westminster Confession.
C. Attempts to Revise the Westminster Confession.
D. Years of Change in Presbyterian Attitudes toward Scripture in the Westminster Confession.
E. The Problem of Historical Interpretation.
Chapter II. The Historical Background of the Westminster Confession of Faith.
A. A Brief History of the English Reformation as Background to the Westminster Confession of Faith.
B. A Brief History of British Philosophy as Background to the Westminster Confession of Faith.
Chapter III. The Westminster Assembly and its Preparation of the Confession of Faith.
A. The Calling of the Assembly.
B. The Composition of the Assembly.
C. The Piety of the Assembly.
D. The Revision of the Thirty-nine Articles.
E. The Solemn League and Covenant and the Scots Commissioners.
F. The Committee to Frame the Confession of Faith and Its Preparation.
G. The Annexing of Scripture Proofs to the Confession.
H. The Assembly's Confession of Faith in the Hands of Parliament.
J. The Adoption of the Westminster Confession of Faith by the Church of Scotland.
Chapter IV. The Problem of Interpreting the Westminster Divines.
A. The Westminster Divines and Puritanism.
B. The Westminster Divines and Calvinism.
C. The Westminster Divines and Philosophy.
PART II - THE WESTMINSTER DIVINES' DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURE AND ITS CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATION.
Chapter V. "Of the Holy Scripture" as Interpreted by the Westminster Divines and Recent Commentators.
A. The Proximate Sources of Chapter I of the Westminster Confession.
B. Chapter I of the Westminster Confession of Faith, "Of the Holy Scripture."
Conclusion.
A. The Place of the Westminster Confession in History.
B. The Place of the Westminster Confession among the Reformed Confessions.
C. The Place of Scripture in Contemporary Confession.
Bibliography [pp. 457-475]
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
PART I - AN HISTORICAL SETTING FOR INTERPRETING THE DOCTRINE OF SCRIPTURE IN THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION.
Chapter I. The Contemporary Criticism of Scripture in the Westminster Confession against the Background of Earlier Presbyterian Conflicts.
A. Contemporary Criticism of the Westminster Confession in the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
B. The Princeton Theology: Its Interpretation of Scripture in the Westminster Confession.
C. Attempts to Revise the Westminster Confession.
D. Years of Change in Presbyterian Attitudes toward Scripture in the Westminster Confession.
E. The Problem of Historical Interpretation.
Chapter II. The Historical Background of the Westminster Confession of Faith.
A. A Brief History of the English Reformation as Background to the Westminster Confession of Faith.
B. A Brief History of British Philosophy as Background to the Westminster Confession of Faith.
Chapter III. The Westminster Assembly and its Preparation of the Confession of Faith.
A. The Calling of the Assembly.
B. The Composition of the Assembly.
C. The Piety of the Assembly.
D. The Revision of the Thirty-nine Articles.
E. The Solemn League and Covenant and the Scots Commissioners.
F. The Committee to Frame the Confession of Faith and Its Preparation.
G. The Annexing of Scripture Proofs to the Confession.
H. The Assembly's Confession of Faith in the Hands of Parliament.
J. The Adoption of the Westminster Confession of Faith by the Church of Scotland.
Chapter IV. The Problem of Interpreting the Westminster Divines.
A. The Westminster Divines and Puritanism.
B. The Westminster Divines and Calvinism.
C. The Westminster Divines and Philosophy.
PART II - THE WESTMINSTER DIVINES' DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURE AND ITS CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATION.
Chapter V. "Of the Holy Scripture" as Interpreted by the Westminster Divines and Recent Commentators.
A. The Proximate Sources of Chapter I of the Westminster Confession.
B. Chapter I of the Westminster Confession of Faith, "Of the Holy Scripture."
Conclusion.
A. The Place of the Westminster Confession in History.
B. The Place of the Westminster Confession among the Reformed Confessions.
C. The Place of Scripture in Contemporary Confession.
Bibliography [pp. 457-475]