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Episode 224: On Why New Testament Polity Is Prescriptive (with Bobby Jamieson)

Pastors Talk - A podcast by 9Marks

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Is the New Testament Prescriptive?

Do most Christian traditions affirm that the New Testament is prescriptive in matters of church government? Certainly. Anglicans are going to be a little bit more... They would say it's a matter of tradition. Presbyterians, do they treat the Bible as prescriptive on polity? If they're evangelical, classically, yes. Current mainline liberal PCUSA, the Bible's not prescriptives on much. And Baptists, historically. Just like the Presbyterians. I mean, historically, yes. But these days, if you have a looser of view of the authority of Scripture, then you don't expect to find much there that's authoritative.

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