On Church Councils

I have been reflecting on the Thirty-nine articles with respect to an Anglican doctrine of Scripture....

Article XXI Of the Authority of General Councils


....And when they be gathered together, (forasmuch as they be an assembly of men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of God,) they may err, and sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining unto God. Wherefore things ordained by them as necessary to salvation have neither strength nor authority, unless it may be declared that they be taken out of holy Scripture.

According to Art XXI Church councils come under the Word of God
and do not sit over the Word of God.

O' Donovan writes "The books of Scripture are not authoritative because the church views them in a certain way; the church views them in a certain way because they are authoritative."
Pray for our Synod that it humbly sits under Scripture and does not lord it over Scripture, especially in its efforts to advance a strategic plan.
Pray for humility for our Synod


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