---
title: 'The Creeds and Doctrinal Advance'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'J. Gresham Machen'
date: 1940-02-10
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Westminster Standards'
- 'War and Peace'
scriptures:
- 'Ezekiel 38'
- 'Psalms 119'
- 'John 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/machen-1940-the-creeds-and-doctrinal-advance
---

# The Creeds and Doctrinal Advance

A pastor describes ministering to a congregation at war while J. Gresham Machen defends biblical authority and precise confessions (Westminster) against vague, inclusive creeds.

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