Marks of the Church (Protestantism)

This article is about the marks of the church in Protestant theology. For the unity, holiness, apostolicity and catholicity of the Church, sometimes called the "attributes" of the Church, see Four Marks of the Church.

The Marks of the Church are those things by which the True Church may be recognized in Protestant theology. Three marks are usually enumerated: the preaching of the Word, the administration of the sacraments, and church discipline.[1]

The Belgic Confession devotes a chapter (Article 29) to the "Marks of the True Church" and lists them as follows:

The true church can be recognized if it has the following marks: The church engages in the pure preaching of the gospel; it makes use of the pure administration of the sacraments as Christ instituted them; it practices church discipline for correcting faults. In short, it governs itself according to the pure Word of God, rejecting all things contrary to it and holding Jesus Christ as the only Head. By these marks one can be assured of recognizing the true church-- and no one ought to be separated from it.

The Anglican Thirty-nine Articles states in chapter 19:

The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ’s ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.[2]

Louis Berkhof notes that Reformed theologians have differed as to the number of marks: Theodore Beza spoke of only one (preaching), John Calvin and Heinrich Bullinger spoke of two (preaching and sacraments), while Peter Martyr and Zacharias Ursinus spoke of three – preaching, sacraments and discipline.[3] Nevertheless, Edmund Clowney points out that Calvin "included discipline in the proper observance of the sacraments."[4] Albert Mohler calls church discipline the "missing mark" of the church.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Godfrey, W. Robert (1 May 1992). "The Marks of the Church". Tabletalk. Ligonier Ministries. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  2. ^ Wikisource for 39 Articles
  3. ^ Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology (London: Banner of Truth, 1949), 576.
  4. ^ Edmund Clowney, The Church (Contours of Christian Theology; Downers Grove: IVP, 1995), 101.
  5. ^ Church Discipline: The Missing Mark by R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

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