Westminster Confession of Faith 1.10
"The supreme judge by which all controversies of religion are to be
determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers,
doctrines of men, and private spirits, are to be examined, and in whose
sentence we are to rest, can be no other but the Holy Spirit speaking in
the Scripture."
Summary
Further detailing the
point made in section 9, we are to judge all decrees of Church councils,
ancient writers, contemporary teachers, even our own private spirits by the
word of God, through which the Spirit of God speaks. This clarifies that we are
not, as some moronic opponents call us, “bibliolaters” making an idol out of
the Scripture when we attribute highest authority to it. Rather, we subject all
things to the Supreme Judge who speaks through the Scriptures, the Spirit of
God. To subject yourself to the Bible is to subject yourself to God the Holy Ghost. To refuse to subject yourself to the Bible is to refuse to subject yourself to God the Holy Ghost. There can be no hope of salvation for someone who rebels in such a way.
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