Does the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church believe in replacement theology?
Upvote:2
The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARPC) holds to a somewhat modified version of the Westminster Confession of Faith. It can be found here: http://arpchurch.org/documents/confession-of-faith/
They also hold to the Westminster Shorter and Larger Catechisms, as evidenced here: http://arpchurch.org/documents/standards/
Replacement theology is a term usually used by those who hold to the eschatological position known as dispensational premillenialism. It is defined as the teaching that the Church has replaced Israel, hence, "replacement" theology. However, it is usually used as a mischaracterisation of covenant theology.
Covenant theology, in the context of the ARPC, is the teaching that God has dealt with humanity through two overarching covenants: the Covenant of Works, and the Covenant of Grace. The Biblical covenants (e.g. Adamic, Noahic, Mosaic, Davidic, New) fall within the categories of the Covenant of Works or the Covenant of Grace. The ARPC subscribes to covenant theology, as defined in their doctrinal statements found in the Westminster Standards. For example, in the Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 7 describes God's covenants with man.
Covenant theology teaches that the church is the new Israel, and that all of the elect throughout history are members of the church. This means that the believers during the Old (Mosaic) Covenant, who were citizens of the nation of Israel, are members of the church. As such, there is not a strong distinction between Israel and the church in covenant theology.
Dispensational premillenials typically miscategorise this as replacement theology, but covenant theology doesn't teach that the church replaced Israel, but that the church is Israel. This is supported by passages such as Romans 4:16-17, and Romans 9:6-7. This does depend on Israel being understood not as a physical nation primarily, but rather as a spiritual nation, comprised of the spiritual children of Abraham by faith, namely, the church.
So the ARPC does not subscribe to replacement theology, but many dispensational premillenials will say that it does based on their understanding of ARPC theology.
Your other two questions should probably be in another question, and I can answer them if you ask them as new questions.
More post
- 📝 Does Presbuteros mean priest?
- 📝 How to suggest more reasonable themes/paradigms for Covid-19 homilies (sermons) to Catholic priests and bishops?
- 📝 Is the “dark night of the soul” mentioned in the Bible?
- 📝 How could God hold Adam and Eve accountable for sinning when they didn't know evil?
- 📝 How much of the text of the Gospel of John can be substantiated by early copies and quotes from early Church Fathers?
- 📝 Is the telling of the visiting magi, mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew, a made up fictional story?
- 📝 According to Ravi Zacharias's apologetic argument, how could love have existed prior to the fall?
- 📝 How do Catholics support transubstantiation?
- 📝 How does this fit in with "we are incapable of following the law"?
- 📝 Significance of Virgins in the Catholic Church
- 📝 I seek the LDS perspective concerning Cornelius and his house receiving the Holy Ghost without laying on of hands in Acts 10:44-45
- 📝 According to LDS (Mormon) theology, is friendship eternal?
- 📝 Does Romans 13:1-2 contradict the actions of civil disobedience taken by the apostles?
- 📝 Is cross dressing immoral or forbidden by the bible
- 📝 First Peter, 5:13 mentions "Mark, my son."
- 📝 Ten commandments contradiction
- 📝 Is there any Biblical basis for hating h*m*sexuals?
- 📝 What is the LDS view on the Trinity?
- 📝 According to the Catholic church, was there a New Testament writer who was not a bishop?
- 📝 Is it known whether Adam and Eve had the ability to experience physical pain before the fall?
- 📝 What are indulgences and when and why were they used?
- 📝 Technical term for a Christology of divine and flesh nature
- 📝 Where do I go to get official Catholic answers?
- 📝 Is there any true evidence for any miraculous event written in the bible?
- 📝 Sin as a goal of man
- 📝 What are the duties of a Pope? Can a pope be "good" or "bad" in this perspective?
- 📝 What evidence is there that the genealogies in the early part of Genesis refer to tribes instead of individuals?
- 📝 If the kingdom of God is invisible, in heaven, how can seeing Jesus be key to seeing it as he is also invisible, in heaven?
- 📝 Does Ezekiel 28 speak of Satan (as "king of Tyre")?
- 📝 What are the main points of dissent between Cyril of Alexandria and John Chrysostom?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Does the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church believe in replacement theology?
- 📝 Did Martin Luther believe the Church needed to be reformed before the Great Schism of 1054AD, or after?
- 📝 Why does the LDS church believe that alcohol was forbidden, despite being common in the Bible?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church believe prostitution should be legalized?
- 📝 According to Reformed Baptist theology when did the Church begin?
- 📝 According to reformed theology, does reformed theology fall apart if one removes the doctrine of predestination?
- 📝 Does the Catholic church believe that God really forgives by confession alone?
- 📝 Does the Eastern Orthodox Church believe in Aerial Toll Houses?
- 📝 How does Reformed Theology consider passages that may imply that God is the "subject of sufferings"?
- 📝 Do the reformed theology adherents believe that a believer should not "converse with" or "pray to" or worship the Holy Spirit?
- 📝 Does any version of the Anglican church associate 'confirmation' with the Baptism of the Holy Ghost?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church believe that we become just souls after we die?
- 📝 Does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints believe that God(s) is/are omnipresent?
- 📝 Does the Church believe that an economic system with shared property is better than one based on private property?
- 📝 Does the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) have a policy regarding admitting members who do not accept its doctrines?
- 📝 In Reformed theology or Reformed churches what does the confirmation "ceremony" do?
- 📝 How does reformed theology reconcile the universal resurrection with limited atonement
- 📝 Does Catholic Church believe that Jews suffered because of the curse of their forefathers at Matthew 27:25?
- 📝 Do LDS believe other churches to be the church of Satan?
- 📝 What is the difference between Reformed and Presbyterian
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church officially recognize Protestants as Christians?
- 📝 How does the Catholic church explain Matthew 19:9, which seems to allow divorce in case of sexual misconduct?
- 📝 Why does the LDS Church put an emphasis on prepping?
- 📝 What does the Catholic church teach about fate of non-Catholic christians?
- 📝 What does the Roman Catholic church teach about those who die having never heard of Christ?
- 📝 What does the LDS Church (Mormon) teach about marriage and polygamy in the afterlife?
- 📝 Why did the Presbyterian Church of Korea split in 1959?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church oppose universalism?
- 📝 How does the Catholic Church reconcile evolution with original sin?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church teach there is only one person?