catechisms (Heidelberg, Westminster Larger and Shorter), confessions (Belgic and Westminster), and canons (Canons of Dort). How do we understand the relationship between the Word of God and these documents? One helpful expression of the relationship comes from an early-twentieth-century Dutch Reformed pastor, M. J. Bosma (1874–1912), who said, “Reformed Doctrine is that system of the truths of divine revelation, obtained from the teachings of the Word of God, which the Reformed Churches have declared