- We believe Scripture itself, being God's own living Word,
is above all creeds and formulations of men. Nevertheless, creeds are helpful
to clarify right teaching and create cooperation among Christians.
- In Scripture itself, we find the GOSPEL:
- Along with all Christians, we believe in the historic
Christian creeds:
- The Apostles' Creed
- The Nicene Creed (AD 325)
- Chalcedon (AD 451)
- Along with all Protestants, we believe:
- Sola Fide, Sola Gratia, Sola
Scriptura:
(By Faith alone, By Grace alone, Based on Scripture alone)
- Along with other Evangelicals, we believe:
- Along with other Reformed churches, we believe in the
Reformed formulations:
- Westminster Confession of Faith
- Westminster Larger Catechism
- Westminster Shorter Catechism
These last are the Constitutional basis of our joint
communion in the EPCU.
The ERSU seminary is also committed to the older
Reformed creeds called "the 3 Forms of Unity":
- Belgic Confession (1561)
- Heidelberg Catechism (1563)
- Canons of Dort (1618-1619)
- SCRIPTURE ALONE, being God's own living Word, is the
arbiter of all debates, being valued far above all modern or ancient writers:
"The Supreme Judge, by which
all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils,
opinions of ancient writers, doctrines of men, and private spirits, are to be
examined, and in whose sentence we are to rest, can be no other but the Holy
Spirit speaking in the Scripture."
(WCF I.10)
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