The Formula Dogmatics

the Formula even here has the appearance more of high orthodox dogmatics than of a confessional document: the point at issue is somewhat removed from churchly piety or root issues that can be identified as necessary or fundamental articles of the faith.

 

Richard A. Muller, Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics: The Rise and Development of Reformed Orthodoxy; Volume 2: The Cognitive Foundation of Theology, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2003), 93.