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A couple other questions: what are the issues that the Reformed church should formally "protest" against? Do you think it could be addressed within the larger Reformed community or do you think it must be done denomination by denomination? One more; who do you think should serve on this kind of magisterium? Do you like the slate of men who are going to be involved in this conference in July?
These are loaded questions. As far as what we should “formally protest,” IMO there should be a year set to go forward from and then begin there. For instance beginning in 1900 and forward ….. This would cover the last hundred years or so and give some needed context to many of the problems—i.e. post modernism, etc. AS needed, and since error tends to repeat itself in different forms and names, the previous years (prior to 1900) could be added over time, as needed.

As far as doing this denom by denom it would pose many problems as there would be multiple entries for each false doctrine. Of course, uniting all these denoms is not without its problems as well … However, the focus should be on a unified apologetic of the Christian faith that is Reformed in its theology. Getting different scholars together to fully discuss the issues would be life changing in more than one way—and a long process. IMO something like the Reformed Evangelical Association would be a good beginning for such a study and purpose.

As far as the community of men that would serve on such a committee (for lack of a better term) these would be numerous. Each should be a respected scholar in the area they are writing about. The slate of men in July would be a good beginning, but many others would need to be added.

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