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For the Reformed Sanhedrin who object against Lent, St. Bullinger in the 2nd Helvetic Confession wrote:

The fast of Lent is attested by antiquity but not at all in the writings of the apostles. Therefore it ought not, and cannot, be imposed on the faithful. It is certain that formerly there were various forms and customs of fasting... Socrates, the historian, says: "Because no ancient text is found concerning this matter, I think the apostles left this to every man's own judgment, that every one might do what is good without
fear or constraint" (Hist. eccles. V.22, 40).

The Reformed position is merely against binding the conscience to rituals not explicitly commanded in Scripture, not that such practices are not good, appropriate, godly, and beneficial.

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For the Reformed Sanhedrin who object against Lent, St. Bullinger in the 2nd Helvetic Confession wrote:

The fast of Lent is attested by antiquity but not at all in the writings of the apostles. Therefore it ought not, and cannot, be imposed on the faithful. It is certain that formerly there were various forms and customs of fasting... Socrates, the historian, says: "Because no ancient text is found concerning this matter, I think the apostles left this to every man's own judgment, that every one might do what is good without
fear or constraint" (Hist. eccles. V.22, 40).

The Reformed position is merely against binding the conscience to rituals not explicitly commanded in Scripture, not that such practices are not good, appropriate, godly, and beneficial.

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