Confession of 1967
The Confession of 1967 is a confessional standard or guide of the Presbyterian Church USA. It was written in 1967 as a modern statement of the faith of the then Northern Presbyterian Church (i.e., the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America to supplement the Westminster Confession and the other statements of faith in their Book of Confessions. The Confession of 1967 is considered heavily influenced by modernism and the neo-Orthodox views of Karl Barth, the Niebuhr brothers, and other theologians of the age, especially regarding the view of Scripture. From the Preface:
In every age the church has expressed its witness in words and deeds as the need of the time required. The earliest examples of confession are found within the Scriptures. Confessional statements have taken such varied forms as hymns, liturgical formulas, doctrinal definitions, catechisms, theological systems in summary, and declarations of purpose against threatening evil. Confessions and declarations are subordinate standards in the church, subject to the authority of Jesus Christ, the Word of God, as the Scriptures bear witness to him. No one type of confession is exclusively valid, no one statement is irreformable. Obedience to Jesus Christ alone identifies the one universal church and supplies the continuity of its tradition. This obedience is the ground of the church's duty and freedom to reform itself in life and doctrine as new occasions, in God's providence, may demand. References:
The Confession of 1967 Full Text
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