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Church-Magisterium

Authoritative interpretation belongs to the church's teaching office — the Roman position rejected by WCF I.10.

This is a contested or rejected alternative.

The Westminster baseline on Interpretation is Scripture-Interprets-Scripture. Personas and schools listed below hold this alternative position instead — either because they argued for it at the Assembly (like the Erastians on polity) or because they represent a receiving tradition that departed from the Standards on this point.

Other positions on Interpretation