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title: 'Girardeau on the Regulative Principle of Worship'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2023-07-02
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2023-girardeau-on-the-regulative-principle-of-worship
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# Girardeau on the Regulative Principle of Worship

“A divine warrant is necessary for every element of doctrine, government and worship in the church; that is, whatsoever in these spheres is not commanded in the Scriptures, either expressly or by good and necessary consequence from their statements, *is forbidden*.” - [**John L. Girardeau**](/authors/john-lafayette-girardeau), *Instrumental Music in the Public Worship of the Church* (1888), p. 9