Posted on 03/19/2008 2:58:36 PM PDT by kiriath_jearim
I only posted this portion of the Summa because it shows, IMHO, how far away Rome has come from the statements of two of the pillars of the Latin Church, namely Aquinas and Augustine. Today, from what I understand, the Vatican states that spiritual authority for faith and practice rests upon the EQUAL authority of Scripture and apostolic tradition. From what I read of this Summa passage and its Augustinian textual support, the Protestant reformers were correct in the declaration “SOLA SCRIPTURA”.
As an ex-Catholic and current Protestant, I was pleasantly surprised by the Thomist passage, since I’ve been promising myself to get through the Summa Theologica at some point in my life.
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