What authority does the church have?
June 1, 2025 Day 152
The twenty-second question in our catechism is:
“What authority does the church have?”
The answer is:
“The Church has authority to establish liturgy and it has authority in controversies of doctrine. However, the Church may not ordain anything contrary to Gods’ word, nor may it so make one part of Scripture contradict another.”
cf. 1 Corinthians 14:26, 40; Acts 15:2,23; Acts 16:4; Galatians 1:8 and Article 20.