Put simply, the regulative principle of worship states that the corporate worship of God is to be founded upon specific directions of Scripture. On the surface, it is difficult to see why anyone who values the authority of Scripture would find such a principle objectionable.

The regulative principle of worship is a Christian doctrine, held by some Calvinists and Anabaptists, that God commands churches to conduct public services of worship using certain distinct elements affirmatively found in scripture, and conversely, that God prohibits any and all other practices in public worship.

2017年1月11日 · It answers: "Man’s chief and highest end is to glorify God, and fully to enjoy him forever" (Q&A 1; cf. WSC, Q&A 1). In short, we exist not only to give God glory, as we speak to God in worship through prayer and praise, but also to enjoy Him as He speaks to us in worship through Word and sacrament.

2022年3月28日 · The regulative principle of worship maintains that Scripture gives specific guidelines for conducting corporate worship services and that churches must not add anything to those guidelines.

2018年2月7日 · The regulative principle is simply the assertion that we must worship God in the way that he has revealed himself and the way he has commanded us to worship Him in His word.

2022年6月13日 · The reformed principle known as the regulative principle of worship states that God alone determines the content, motivation, and aim of worship. He teaches us how to think about him and how to approach him.

2024年12月9日 · The Regulative Principle of Worship (RPW) is a foundational doctrine in Reformed theology that governs how the Church is to worship God. It asserts that only those elements of worship explicitly commanded or exemplified in …

2023年10月18日 · The Regulative Principle and Required Parts of the Church’s Corporate Worship. In the midst of so much confusion surrounding worship in today’s churches, Waldron explains from Scripture and Reformed theology how God reveals we should worship Him.

The Reformed understanding of the practice of biblical worship is usually summarized by the Regulative Principle of Worship (RPW). The clearest statement of this principle is found in WCF 21.1, and is commented upon in the Testimony of the RPCNA 21.1-3. This principle is at the heart of Scripture’s doctrine of worship.

The Regulative Principle means that only Biblical worship is required of God’s people – that secures their liberty. To preserve the Church from unhealthy subjectivism.