 The Preface to the "Confession", which the Remonstrants considered an integral part of the document, emphasized its non-binding character.The society eventually judged it more important to prove their orthodoxy to those who wanted to assist them, to silence the misrepresentations of their opposition, and most of all, to encourage and unite the now distressed and scattered Remonstrants.They selected Episcopius and two others to write it, but in the end, he did the work alone."