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Statement of Presbyterian Renewal Ministries on the Peace, Unity and Purity Report.
The Renewal Ministries signed a statement saying that the PUP report would not promote peace, unity or purity of the Church. Nov/Dec 2005 Theology Matters, p.2
Association for Church Renewal Statement (Ecumenical Statement)
Ecumenical renewal partners also called for the church to reject the PUP Report. Nov/Dec 2005 Theology Matters p. 3
Peace, Unity, and Purity Report: Neither Faithful nor Effective by James D. Berkley
Berkley gives an in-depth critique of the proposed PUP report. Nov/Dec 2005 Theology Matters p. 5
How to Read the PUP Report: Picking Up the Rhetorical Clues to What's Important by Alan Wisdom
Wisdom critiques the PUP report. Nov/Dec 2005 Theology Matters p.11
The Limits of Scrupling and the Adoption Act of 1729: the PUP Task Force's Historical Problem by Toby Brown
Brown explains the historical precedent of the scrupling that occurred in the church in 1729 as it is misapplied to PUP. Historically, "Scrupling was only allowed on article that were 'not essential." Nov/Dec 2005 Theology Matters p.13
The Strange Legacy of the Auburn Affirmation by Paul Leggett
The Auburn Affirmation with the five fundamentals was drafted in Auburn,, NY in 1924 in response to the 1923 General Assembly of the northern Presbyterian Church. Nov/Dec 2005 Theology Matters p. 14
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