Tuesday, December 09, 2014

The first and most important distinction between Rome and the Reformed Orthodox

Q1. What is the chief and highest end of man?
A. Man’s chief and highest end is to glorify God, and fully to enjoy him forever.

Just to be clear, this is from the “Westminster Larger Catechism”. After a century of contending with Roman Catholicism, the Reformed Orthodox perceived this issue to be the first and most important distinction between themselves and the Roman Catholics. Rome wants to deify itself and man; the Reformers sought God in his own glory, for His own sake.

2 comments:

  1. Reformed Orthodox? Sound like a group that were Orthodox, but then reformed or something.

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    1. The generations of Reformed writers who wrote after the Reformation. They systematized and codified a lot of what the Reformers were saying.

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