

OPC 关于 “Republication” 的结论
1. 这个委员会被要求就以下问题提供建议:摩西之约是否、以及在何种特定意义上,可以被认为是亚当之约的重申,并且这种理解是否与我们信仰标准中包含的教义体系相一致。
1. This committee has been asked to give its advice as to whether and in what particular senses the Mosaic covenant can be considered as a republication of the Adamic covenant in a manner that is consistent with the system of doctrine contained in our standards.
我们在本报告中指出了两种基本的 “重申” 方式:实质性的 和 行政性的。
In this report, we have identified two basic senses of republication: substantial and administrative.
行政性的重申与我们的标准一致,因为它连贯地坚持摩西之约在本质上是恩典之约。
Administrative republication is consistent with our standards in that it coherently maintains that the Mosaic covenant is in substance a covenant of grace.
行政性重申的例子包括 宣告式的、内容性的、误解式的 重申,以及 对亚当犯罪与被放逐的一种间接的、救赎性的重演(如我们报告中所述)。
Examples of administrative republication include declarative, material, and misinterpretive republications, as well as an indirect, redemptive reenactment of Adam’s sin and exile (as described in our report).
第二段
与我们信仰标准在神学上不一致的 “实质性重申” 观点包括:单纯的重申、从属型的重申、混合式的重申,以及对亚当堕落前盟约试炼的一种直接的、非救赎性的重演。
Views of substantial republication which are theologically inconsistent with our standards include: pure and simple republications, subservient republications, mixed republications, and a direct, non-redemptive reenactment of Adam’s pre-fall covenantal probation.
此外,我们的信仰标准肯定:基督这位神人、并中保的功德,在于祂完美的、个人的、相称的、有益的、且白白的顺服。
Furthermore, our standards affirm that the merit of Christ, the God-man and mediator, consists in his perfect, personal, proportional, profitable, and free obedience.
基督以被拣选之人的代表元首的身份,献上祂的盟约顺服与受苦。
Christ offers his covenant-obedience and sufferings as the representative head of the elect.
祂因此满足了原始行为之约的要求,并除去了其刑罚。
He thereby fulfills the requirements and removes the penalty of the original covenant of works.
正因为堕落之人无法履行这些条件,所以他就(严格来说)无法从神那里获得任何形式的奖赏。
Precisely because fallen man cannot fulfill these conditions, he is unable (properly speaking) to merit a reward from God of any kind.
第三段
虽然我们的报告中还探讨了与 “重申” 问题相关的其他重要议题,但以上这些点构成了本委员会对总会所提出基本问题的回应。
Although there are other important issues related to the question of republication addressed in our report, these points comprise the committee’s answer to the basic question posed to us by the general assembly.