1689 LBCF ch. 21: Of Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience
Source: 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith (Chapter 21) · creed
The liberty which Christ has purchased for believers under the gospel consists in their freedom from the guilt of sin, the condemning wrath of God, the curse of the moral law. God alone is Lord of the conscience.
Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)
- manuscript_tradition: Rufinus of Aquileia, Commentary on the Apostles' Creed (c. AD 404)
- manuscript_tradition: Pirminius, De singulis libris canonicis scarapsus (c. AD 750) — earliest received form
- translation: Latin (Symbolum Apostolicum) — Western Church
- citation_tradition: Cited by every major catechism since 8th century
- republication: CCEL — Creeds of Christendom (Schaff)
Connections
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