Friday 23 April 2010

The Westminster Confession of Faith : Part 13

CHAPTER 2 OF GOD, AND OF THE HOLY TRINITY continued…

3. In the unity of the Godhead there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost: the Father is of none, neither begotten, nor proceeding; the Son is eternally begotten of the Father; the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son.

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Thursday 15 April 2010

The Westminster Confession of Faith : Part 12

CHAPTER 2 OF GOD, AND OF THE HOLY TRINITY continued…

2. God hath all life, glory, goodness, blessedness, in and of himself; and is alone in and unto himself all-
sufficient, not standing in need of any creatures which he hath made, nor deriving any glory from them,
but only manifesting his own glory in, by, unto, and upon them. He is the alone fountain of all being, of
whom, through whom, and to whom are all things; and hath most sovereign dominion over them, to do by
them, for them, or upon them whatsoever himself pleaseth. In his sight all things are open and manifest,
his knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the creature, so as nothing is to him contingent,
or uncertain. He is most holy in all his counsels, in all his works, and in all his commands. To him is due
from angels and men, and every other creature, whatsoever worship, service, or obedience he is pleased to
require of them.

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Wednesday 14 April 2010

The Confession Confession

Sorry. Yes I have slipped behind with the 'Confession' posts for a few reasons. Firstly the old reason of being busy with life and secondly I have found other great documents and am trying to find a way of sharing them in the same way without it taking years or being terribly confusing.

There's a lot of news to comment on from the UK election, fossils, various Vatican scandals and Atheists' arrest agendas. This is still primarily a personal blog but I have to decide where the votes goes for example so expect a little more coverage of current events.

Feel free to suggest a topic in a comment :-)