[Glossary] Reason for Believing the Bible

1. (Clark 1965, 14): "Some sections of the Confession may be hard to understand. But there is no difficulty at all about the meaning of [Chapter I] section iv. The Bible, the Holy Scripture, is to be believed because it is the Word of God."


2. (Clark 1965, 16): "[Chapter I] Section iv says that the authority for which the Scriptures should be believed depends wholly on God, who is truth itself and the author of the books; therefore the sixty-six books itemized in section ii are to be received because they are the Word of God. Here it is to be noted that the authority of God attaches to all the Scripture, not to a part only. Scripture has been defined as the sixty-six books, and God is declared to be the author of them all. God is truth itself, and the Scripture not merely contains but is the Word of God."

The Bible is to be believed because it is the Word of God.

Reference:

Clark, Gordon H. 1965. What Do Presbyterians Believe? The Westminster Confession: Yesterday and Today. Phillipsburg, New Jersey: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company.

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