Talk:Westminster Confession of Faith

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[edit] American Revision

The article presently states of the 1789 American revision: "It also removes explicit identification of the Pope as the Antichrist." Is this correct? My impression was that this did not formally happen until 1903 in the PCUSA.--J.A.

[edit] Criticism

Unfortunately, my comments were posted on the entry instead of this discussion page (my apologies, I'm new to this). My criticism is that there is far too much coverage of the American situation in regard to this topic than is possibly warranted.

Please sign your name. As an American Presbyterian I find the information quite useful. However, it would be nice to see more about the situation in other countries. --S Roper 17:53, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

The information on American developments should be retained - but perhaps this article should concentrate on the historical background and content of the confession itself - with a brief overview of developements in various denominations, linking to fuller discussions elsewhere. (Given that American presbyterianism is largely derivative of Scottish - there is far too little on that subject.) Perhaps, if there is a lot of American material, it should be simply summarised here - and the detailed stuff moved to a specific article Westminster Confession in North American Presbyterianism or the like.--Doc 18:08, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps. But right now it is a very short article. The American situation is unusual in being perhaps the largest group to have revised the confession. Yes, the article is unbalanced, but that should be fixed by adding more material on other topics, not deleting material.

For now, I would suggest references at the top of the to do list, and moredetail on the origins a close second. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 18:29, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't believe there is a need for a second article at this time. --S Roper 12:51, 22 August 2006 (UTC)