We distinguish between these holy books and the apocryphal ones, which are the third and fourth books of Esdras; the books of Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Jesus Sirach, Baruch; what was added to the Story of Esther; the Song of the Three Children in the Furnace; the Story of Susannah; the Story of Bell and the Dragon; the Prayer of Manasseh; and the two books of Maccabees.
The church may certainly read these books and learn from them as far as they agree with the canonical books. But they do not have such power and virtue that one could confirm from their testimony any point of faith or of the Christian religion. Much less can they detract from the authority of the other holy books.
Edges
- part_of
source-manifest/bc - precedes
confession-article/bc-007
Source
source-manifest/bc— Belgic Confession (1561) (PD, Reformed Dutch Church)- evidence_grade: D_doctrinal_textbook
엣지 (그래프 연결)
나가는(out)들어오는(in)BC Art. 5 — The Authority of Scripture precedes ←