Previous article in this series: March 15, 2006, p. 268. A Summary of the Declaration The Declaration of Principles sets forth the Protestant Reformed Churches’ understanding of and convictions concerning what the Reformed creeds and church order teach about grace, the preaching, the covenant, and church government. It is not intended to be a complete development of any of these, but only gives some of the principles and important elements of each. The Declaration repudiates the teaching that God has a common grace to all men. In that connection it rejects the view that the preaching of the gospel...