WCF and Creation

[JM]

What does the WCF have to say about Creationism? I read a short article from Greenville Seminary and they make the claim for a young earth, creational out look of the men who wrote the document, is that correct?

 

[Irishcat922]

I am of the opinion that the framers of the Confession are somewhat ambiguous on this issue. Later we have men such as Hodge and Warfield who have no problem accepting scientific data that the earth may be older than previously thought. These men i.e Hodge and Warfield were thoroughly confessional Christians. I am not convinced that all the Puritans held to the six linear day theory of creation. Albeit that was the acceptable norm.




Chapter IV
Of Creation​

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1. It pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,(1) for the manifestation of the glory of His eternal power, wisdom, and goodness,(2) in the beginning, to create, or make of nothing, the world, and all things therein whether visible or invisible, in the space of six days; and all very good.(3)

 

[rmwilliamsll]

place to start:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/webpages54/ap/hallcreation.html

there used to be an excellent multiple part essay on the topic at capo, i'll see if i saved it or can find it on the waybackmachine.

 

[JM]

Thanks for the link.

 

[HamletsChoice]

What does the WCF have to say about Creationism? I read a short article from Greenville Seminary and they make the claim for a young earth, creational out look of the men who wrote the document, is that correct?

Yes!

 

[Ethan_Fetch]

In the WCF the expression "in the space of six days" is used...are we to apply an "advanced" hermeneutic to these words as well now so that we can understand "day" to mean something other than "day"?

And should the fact that Hodge and Warfield saw no incongruity be enough to encourage us to agree with them even though they did so during a time well before relativism had ravaged the free market of ideas?

 

[rmwilliamsll]

Thanks for the link.

you'll have to use the waybackmachine to read David Hall's paper at:
http://web.archive.org/web/20030806051146/capo.org/holdfast0.html
imho, it is the best essay on the topic on the net.
i checked a couple of links, they worked ok.