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law of God while the sacrificial offerings were
to be a dramatic illustration of God's love in
Christ.
12. Ibid., p. 213.
13. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 329.
14. Cf. White, Education, pp. 173-184.
15. The historic confessions of faith upholding its
validity are "The Waldensean Catechism, c.
A.D. 1500; Luther's Small Catechism, A.D.
1529; the Anglican Catechism, A.D. 1549 and
1662; the Scottish Confession of Faith, A.D.
1560 (Reformed); the Heidelberg Catechism,
A.D. 1563 (Reformed); the Second Helvetic
Confession, A.D. 1566 (Reformed); the Thirtynine
Articles of Religion, A.D. 1571 (Church of
England); the Formula of Concord, A.D. 1576
(Lutheran); the Irish Articles of Faith, A.D.
1615 (Irish Episcopal Church); the Westminster
Confession of Faith, A.D. 1647; the
Westminster Shorter Catechism, A.D. 1647; the
Confessions of the Waldenses, A.D. 1655; the
Savory Declaration, A.D. 1658
(Congregational); the Confession of the Society
of Friends, A.D. 1675 (Quakers); the
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