Gilchrist, Paul R.
"“Scripture, Mishnah, and the Confessions” examines the rabbinic sayings
of the Pharisees at the time of Christ, the “oral law of Moses” that ultimately
was written down in a.d. 200. These Mishnaic interpretations
thought to apply the Old Testament to their new culture. The author
notes that church leaders, wittingly or unwittingly, elevate their formal
documents to the same level of authority in seeking to adjust to changing
cultures. This tendency is observed in the history of the church, whether
Romanism or liberalism, fundamentalism or evangelicalism, and sometimes
in confessional church circles."
Westminster Theological Seminary Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ; International Reformed Evangelical Seminary Jakarta, Indonesia, 2016
