The Rule of Faith and Practise.
“THE Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, having been given by inspiration of God, are the all-sufficient and only rule of faith and practise, and judge of controversies. “1. What is meant by saying that the Scriptures are the only infallible rule of faith and practise? “Whatever God teaches or commands is of sovereign authority. Whatever conveys to us an infallible knowledge of His teachings and commands is an infallible rule. The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the only organs thru which, during the present dispensation, God conveys to us a knowledge of His will about what we are to believe concerning Himself, and what duties He requires of us. “7. In what sense is the completeness of the Scripture as a rule of faith asserted? “It is not meant that the Scriptures contain every revelation which God has ever made to man, but that their contents are the only supernatural revelation that God does now make to man, and that this revelation is abundantly sufficient for man’s guidance in all questions of faith, practise, and modes of worship, and excludes the necessity and the right of any human inventions.”—Rev. A. Alexander Hodge, in his “Outlines of Theology.”