If you appeal to GA, to GA you must appeal

I’m picking up static about how a General Assembly “explicitly condemned” the so-called Federal Vision.

The only thing that General Assembly did was vote for the Nine Declarations. We were all explicitly told we were not voting for anything else in the report. Whether anyone was condemned depends on:

  1. Did the nine declarations say anything coherent (i.e. can you tell what is meant when you read the words); and
  2. Did the nine declarations hit their intended target (did they condemn beliefs/teachings that are truly held/taught by the people labeled Federal Vision, or anyone else, for that matter).

Here‘s the report with the declarations.

And for what was said at the General Assembly:

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Finally here is the actual Federal Vision statement that actually represents a consensus (as opposed to simply going after specific individuals for what they have allegedly taught. As anyone can see, other than being open to paedocommunion, it is pretty standard Reformed fare on the Biblical Theology, Postmillennial, Christendom side of the Tradition.)

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