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What is something you don't get about Reformed Theology? Or what is something you used to not understand but now you do? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would say the point of confessions is that the Bible is a large book, and a book that is structured as God's revelation to his people over time, rather than by theological topic. Confessions summarise our understanding of what the Bible as a whole has to say about the main points of the faith. Confessionalism recognises the need for creeds and confessions for the above reason and because people will usually have a theological framework they are applying to understand the Bible, but not declaring it upfront (as in a confession) makes it harder to discuss properly.

I've found The Creedal Imperative by Carl Trueman to be a helpful book on this topic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Those are good points.

I'll also say that I think it was arrogant of me to just try to understand the Bible without the input of centuries of good scholars, especially when they are like-minded to me, building on the same foundational principles (eg. The Bible is innerant and God's word)