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Again, welcome! Blarneytherinosaur 02:12, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The authority of the Bible

Hi Sjoh0050. I've replied to your response at Talk:Presbyterianism. I just wanted to point out that I'm only trying to state the view of the Westminster Standards. I'm not interested in having a go at people who may hold different views to what I believe the Standards say.

The quote you mentioned from the United Reformed Church 'Basis of Union' has a lot in common with the Question 3 of the Larger Catechism: "

Q. 3. What is the Word of God?

A. The holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the Word of God, the only rule of faith and obedience."

The two quotes agree on this point: the Bible should always be the supreme authority.

(The ‘Basis of Union’ quote mentions “the help of the Spirit”. Some people might use this to say, "The Holy Spirit told me not to believe (or obey) this or that part of the Bible.” However, God does not change His mind, so the Holy Spirit cannot contradict the written Word of God. “I the LORD do not change” Malachi 3:6, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change” James 1:17 (ESV).)

This is what I believe that the Westminster Standards teach, in line with the Word of God. I trust that this will not cause offence to you, but that we will both be able to continue contributing happily to Wikipedia. Blarneytherinosaur 01:40, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Great to see Wikipedians who can discuss different views without losing their tempers. Blarneytherinosaur 02:42, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Greetings

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Disambiguation

Hi Sjoh0050, thanks for the work you've been doing. I note that you sometimes change the names of some articles by adding a comma disambiguation. In general we don't add any form of disambiguation to an article title if it is not needed. We use a WP:PRECISE article name. We only disambiguate when there are two or more articles with the same title. If the article title is unique, then disambiguation is not needed. This also applies when creating new articles. Use the most precise title you can - this helps people find the article, and also helps editors in linking to the article, as the disambiguation word often needs to be hidden behind a piped link. Any questions, please contact me on my talk page. Regards SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 10:39, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for the comment. You have added confusion by moving the St. Columba's URC, Oxford page to St. Columba's URC - to my knowledge, there are St. Columba's URCs in Cambridge, Gosport, Coventry, North Shields and possibly elsewhere. They may not have articles at the moment, but your move sets up the possibility for confusion. I hope you will agree that your change should be reverted. Sjoh0050 (talk) 10:43, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

On the whole we don't pre-disambiguate (the only time this happens is with ships). When new articles are created which share the same name, that is when we look at the question of disambiguating, and we make the assessment of the best approach at that time. Sometimes a title may be the primary topic, and so is not disambiguated, but has a hatnote added linking to the other articles; or we may decide to create a disambiguation page. We cannot go around second guessing what may happen, so our policy is to create articles with a precise name, and to deal with issues which may arise later, assuming they do, which they may not! I hope that makes sense? SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 10:54, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not really. The name the church uses is St. Columba's URC, Oxford - the article simply reflects that - it isn't adding an additional layer (like saying 'in central Oxford', for example). This feels like unhelpful dogma rather than practical editing. Sjoh0050 (talk) 10:56, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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