As I read each month’s edition of the Gospel Advocate, I’ve been noting some of the issues that the authors consider as “salvation issues” or “marks of the church.” I call these issues a “creed” because that’s the original meaning of the word in Restoration Movement thought.
When the early Restoration leaders said that we have no creed but Christ, they were criticizing the practice in many denominations of denying fellowship to all who disagreed with any element of their creedal statement. Thus, when Alexander Campbell was required to affirm his belief in the Presbyterian Church’s creed to take communion, although he passed the test, he refuse to participate, as he considered the practice anti-Biblical.
This month’s issue provides a fuller statement of the Gospel Advocate‘s creed than most. A series of articles by Br. Gregory Alan Tidwell teach that certain errors cause one to be part of a “different religion.” Continue reading
