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A contemporary, foundational statement of classic reformed faith, now revised and updated • Comprehensive, coherent, contextual, and conversational • Scripture-saturated, with more exegesis and more Scripture quotations than other one-volume theologies • Upholds classic Calvinist positions on baptism, the Trinity, church government, and much more • Interacts with contemporary issues...

THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE TRUE CHURCH (OR ASSEMBLY) Rapid and apparent doctrinal and organizational declension away from apostolic teaching began to appear almost immediately after the age of the apostles.1 As a result, early church leaders began to feel the need to determine attributes by which the true church could be identified. Because this movement tended to concentrate on the outward characteristics of the church, the church rather quickly began to be viewed as an external institution ruled