A Doutrina Reformada da Autoridade Suprema das Escrituras.

In this article on reformed theology Anglada deals with the reformed doctrine of the supreme authority of Scripture. Assuming a theological, ecclesiastical and liturgical crisis in modern evangelicalism, particularly in Brazil, he summarizes the biblical basis of the doctrine, and alerts against the old and new tendencies of usurping or limiting the authority of God's Word. Among the usurping tendencies against the authority of Scripture, he includes the ecclesiastical traditions degenerated into traditionalism, emotions degenerated into emotionalism, and reason degenerated into rationalism. Among the limiting tendencies he mentions the liberal negation of the very foundation of Biblical authority, the neo-orthodox confusion concerning the certainty of the authority of Scripture, and the neo-evangelical limitation of the scope of its authority. He concludes the article by calling attention to the importance of the doctrine in the sixteenth-century Reformation and by suggesting that if the modern evangelical faith and ecclesiastical practices were subjected to the scrutiny of this doctrine, a considerable number of doctrines and ecclesiastical practices would have to be rejected, and a new reformation would take place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]