“…for children are naturally subject to their parents; and that civil power not only follows nature, but is grounded upon it.”
— Robert Filmer, Patriarcha, ch. I
@totusjustice Confessions can condemn pluralism for a time, but presuppositions are stronger than confessions. Eventually the logic of the principle works itself out.
Presuppositions beat confessions every time.
@totusjustice The claim is not that Protestant confessions teach religious pluralism, but that Protestantism rests on a principle of decentralized authority: every believer must ultimately judge doctrine for himself.
Once that’s established, pluralism is inevitable long term.