IAR 7.9

Irish Articles of Religion

7.9. Of the Authority of the Church, General Councils, and Bishop of Rome

General councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of princes; and when they be gathered together (forasmuch as they be an assembly of men not always governed with the Spirit and Word of God) they may err, and sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining to the rule of piety. Wherefore things ordained by them as necessary to salvation have neither strength nor authority, unless it may be shown that they be taken out of holy Scriptures.

For discussion

  1. WCF 25.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
  2. SC60 6.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

Read alongside

WCF 25.1 · SC60 6.1 · SC60 6.2 · SC60 6.3 · SC60 6.4 · SC60 6.5 · SHC 6.1 · SHC 6.2