Oct 24
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- What does the word church mean?
- What is the catholic or universal church?
- What is a local or particular church?
- The members of the catholic church are the elect who have or will be united to Christ by faith. Who are to be received as members of local churches? Notice, our confession does not say “the elect”! Why?
- What are the qualities or characteristics of visible saints? Remember, our confession states these qualities positively and negatively.
- Why did the doctrine of the church expressed in 2LCF 26 seem radical to most Christians when it was written in the 17th century? Why does this doctrine seem radical to many professing Chritsians today?
- Why is it vitally important for the elders and members of our churches to know who the members of the local church are to be?