so that the content of teachings found in canonical writings, as well as the interpretation and performance within congregations of faithful readers, was in demonstrable agreement with the church’s Rule of Faith. Any healthy use of Scripture for “teaching, reproving, correcting, and training” (2 Tim. 3:16) must agree in both its content and consequence with the core beliefs that all believers have confessed to be true according to the great ecumenical creeds of the “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic