The Highway Forums Announcements What's New on The Highway website? "The Reformers & the Regulative Principle"

As noted in the introductory remark quoted above, William Cunningham seeks to delve into two areas of contention; 1) Worship: whether the Scriptures teach that men may introduce into the worship of God only those things which are explicitly commanded OR anything which is not explicitly forbidden. 2) Church Polity: Whether the Scriptures advocate and restrict but one form of church government.

The author will be found to be extremely helpful in sorting out the various views and pointing to the biblical teaching on each of these subjects, which he also points out initially are directly related. With the ever-increasing variety of worship "styles" being introduced throughout Christendom and the ensuing debates over which is acceptable, this article should prove to be immensely helpful in coming to a right understanding.

Read this article here: The Reformers and the Regulative Principle.

Or, for later reading, from The Highway homepage, click on "Calvinism and the Reformed Faith" and then click on the "Ecclesiology" button on the left.

In His service and grace,

It should be noted that Cunningham was born in 1805, he was a learned and experienced theologian well before entering the principalship of New College. You may wish to read this brief biographical sketch of him can be read here:

http://www.tracts.ukgo.com/william_cunningham.htm