the church’s historical testimony from having a lesser, relative authority. It is appropriate and necessary to pursue, for the purposes of doing theological triage, a careful consideration of the wisdom of those who have preceded us in the faith.4 At the same time, Scripture alone occupies the unique place of final and norming authority. As the Westminster Confession of Faith affirms, “The supreme judge by which all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions
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