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To: fortes fortuna juvat
Perfectly true and perfectly stated, and the same conundrum applies to every other ordained minister who preaches the false doctrine of sola scriptura. It has always astounded me how many countless, well-meaning Christians simply fail to recognize this undeniable truth.

I don't think you understand what the doctrine of sola Scriptura means. What it doesn't mean is SOLO or ONLY Scripture can be used to know the truth. Because Scripture, as the sole Divinely-inspired word of God, is the superior and ultimate authority and determiner of the truth of the rule of faith. It means that Scripture is the measuring rod by which any doctrine must be held to. It cannot go against what God has said. Paul taught, "Do not go beyond what is written. Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other." (I Cor. 4:6). That is sola Scriptura.

40 posted on 04/23/2017 8:51:31 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: boatbums

Well, since nowhere in the 27 books that make up the New Testament canon of Scripture is there a list that authenticates them to be inspired, their legitimacy cannot be distinguished with certainty except by some other infallible source.


42 posted on 04/24/2017 4:41:14 AM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (God, Guns, and Trump will save the USA)
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To: boatbums
Who gets to decide what the Scripture means under sola scriptura? In practice, I mean, forgetting about slogans.

Here, I'll answer the question for you: you decide what it means for you, and only you decide, in the final analysis. There is no possible authoritative interpreter beyond the individual. That is what Luther demanded when he said "Hier stehe ich, ich kann nicht anders!" And he was shocked -- shocked, I tell you -- to discover that then other people insisted on interpreting the Scriptures for themselves, entirely apart from what he thought those Scriptures meant. Unforeseen consequences and all that ...

And so the atomization of Christianity began.

43 posted on 04/24/2017 5:01:50 AM PDT by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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