Q. What is the ERPC's position on theonomy?

A. "Theonomy" is a much-abused term, so we have attempted to define our position carefully. This is the statement in the ERPC Form of Government:

We deny interpretations of Biblical law which teach that

a. the civil magistrate is to serve as the enforcer of man’s duty toward God in the first four of the Ten Commandments, or to exercise any other ecclesiastical authority,

b. the ceremonial law given to Israel is in any way binding upon Christ’s church today, and

c. the judicial law given to the nation of Israel is in any way binding upon mankind today, except to the extent that "the general equity thereof may require" (WCF XIX:4).