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Drawing on new primary source material, this volume considers the Assembly’s theology in terms of the unfolding development of doctrine in the Reformed churches—in connection with the preceding and current events in English history—and locates it in relation to the catholic tradition of the western church. The book asks exactly what the divines meant at each stage of their task. At a time when...

criticizes the Assembly for giving undue prominence to Scripture over the fundamental doctrines of the gospel. But Scripture was a contentious subject at the time, due to the emergence of text-critical ideas at the school of Saumur. Moreover, Torrance has just accused the Assembly of minimizing Scripture in favor of logical deductions and dogmatic propositions. He wants to have his cake and eat it too. Since Scripture is the Word of God, what does it contain?
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