# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_Juli 1863_S215
# AI translation — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

The Doctrinal Basis for the Union of the Evangelical Ministers' Union of Cincinnati. 215

and Reformed- Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Lutherans, German Reformed, and United Brethren churches. At the meeting of the association on May 11, at which 10 different denominations were represented by 35 ministers present, the following doctrinal basis was adopted unanimously under the chairmanship of Dr. Clark as president and Dr. Harrison as secretary.

Article 1. The Inspiration, Authority, and Sufficiency of the Bible. — The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are given by the inspiration of God; they possess the highest authority and are the sole infallible and sufficient rule of faith and life.

Art. 2. Private, or Personal, Judgment in the Interpretation of Scripture. — It is the right and the duty of every man to search the Scripture and, in humble trust in the illumination of the Holy Spirit, to form his own judgment concerning its true sense.

Art. 3. The Unity and Attributes of God; Creation and Providence. — The Lord our God is one Lord, and besides Him there is no God. God is a Spirit, eternal, omnipresent, all-wise, and almighty, infinite, holy, righteous, kind, truthful; and God is love. He is the Creator and Preserver of all things, and he has mercy upon all his works.

Art. 4. The Trinity. — In the unity of the Godhead there are three persons — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Art. 5. Jesus Christ, God and Man. — Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the Savior of the world, is in one person true God and true man.

Art. 6. Christ's Incarnation, Death, Burial, Resurrection, Ascension, Intercession, and Reign, and His Coming to Judge the World. — Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, was buried, and rose again on the third day from the dead; he ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father, where he lives and intercedes for us forever. All power is given to him in heaven and on earth, and he will come to judge the world on the last day.

Art. 7. The Atonement. — Jesus Christ took our nature upon himself, yet without sin; he honored the divine law through his obedience; he, the Righteous One, died for the unrighteous; and he brought about a full atonement for our sins, and is, in that he unites in his person the tenderest human compassion with divine perfections, a fitting, compassionate, and all-sufficient Savior.

Art. 8. The Work and the Godhead of the Holy Spirit. — The Holy Spirit, who for Christ's sake enlightens, convicts, renews, comforts, and sanctifies the soul, is true God.