Chicago Call

The Chicago Call

April 24, 2015 By EO Leave a Comment

In 1977, a group led by Robert E. Webber calling itself the “National Conference of Evangelicals for Historic Christianity” drafted a document known as “The Chicago Call” which was simply a call to the Evangelical Church to rediscover the Church’s historic roots. An Appeal to Evangelicals (1977) Prologue In every age the Holy Spirit calls […]

“No doctrine concerning the divine and saving mysteries of the faith, however trivial, may be taught without the backing of the holy Scriptures. We must not let ourselves be drawn aside by mere persuasion and cleverness of speech. Do not even give absolute belief to me, the one who tells you these things, unless you receive proof from the divine Scriptures of what I teach. For the faith that brings us salvation acquires its force, not from fallible reasonings, but from what can be proved out of the holy Scriptures.” Cyril of Jerusalem (ca. 313-386)