Quotes by John Muether

John Muether (b. 1957) — Kirchenhistoriker, Professor für Kirchengeschichte und Bibliotheksdekan · Reformiert / Presbyterianisch · USA

John R. Muether (* 1957) ist ein US-amerikanischer Kirchenhistoriker, Bibliotheksdekan am Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando und amtlicher Historiker der Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Er steht für einen strikt an den Westminster-Bekenntnissen orientierten Calvinismus, verfasste die Biografie des Apologeten Cornelius Van Til und grenzt historische reformierte Gottesdienstformen kritisch vom breiten Evangelikalismus ab. Für Bibelleser vermitteln seine Arbeiten ein Verständnis für die presbyterianische Theologiegeschichte und die Rolle konfessioneller Bekenntnisse bei der Schriftauslegung.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: Church & Congregation, Humility & Pride, The Bible & the Word of God

Quotes by John Muether

Church officers must exercise…authority with a theology of the cross. As servants of Christ, they are servants of Chris’s people, and their power is for the building up of the church. That power is limited to what the Word of God commands, and temptations to add to or subtract from it must be resisted. The church has no right to bind consciences of its members without warrant from the Word.

John Muether

As the manifestation of the invisible church to the world in time and place, the visible church, though imperfect, remains the true church, because it displays the marks of the church: the Word, sacraments, and discipline. And it is the only church that we can see and fellowship with; we have no Gnostic recourse to any other church than the visible church.

John Muether

Contrary to contemporary wisdom, the Bible teaches that one cannot yield to the authority of the Word without submitting to the authority of the church.

John Muether

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