Westminster Confession of Faith (modernized) · Chapter 25

Of the Church

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5. The purest Churches under Heaven are subject both to mixture, and error:^a and some have so degenerated, as to become no Churches of Christ, but Synagogues of Satan.^b Nevertheless, there shall be always a Church on Earth, to worship God according to his will.^c

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

a1 Corinthians 13:12; Revelation 2–3; Matthew 13:24–30; Matthew 13:47
bRevelation 18:2; Romans 11:18–22
cMatthew 16:18; Psalm 72:17; Psalm 102:28; Matthew 28:19–20

Commentary

David Dickson, Truths Victory over Error (1684), on 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, 25.5, 25.6

Related texts

Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) 25.5
Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (modernized, 1689) 26.3
Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (modernized, 1658) 26.3

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