THE BIBLE’S AUTHORITY The authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed and obeyed, dependeth not upon the testimony of any man or church, but wholly upon God (who is truth itself), the author thereof; and therefore it is to be believed, because it is the word of God. (WCF, I/iv, emphasis supplied) This article, explicating the ground of the Bible’s authority, first states the ground wherein the Bible’s authority does not reside: it does not reside in the testimony of any person