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Did the Early Church Fathers Believe in Sola Scriptura?
Reclaiming the Mind ^ | April 25,2015 | C Michael Patton

Posted on 06/29/2015 11:23:16 AM PDT by RnMomof7

Definition of Sola Scriptura

Sola Scriptura: the reformed Protestant belief that the Scriptures alone are the final and only infallible authority for the Christian. This does not mean that Scriptures are the only authority (nuda or solo Scriptura), as Protestants believe in the authority of tradition, reason, experience, and emotions to varying degrees (after all, “sola scriptura” itself is an authoritative tradition in Protestantism). It does mean that Scripture trumps all other authorities (it is the norma normans sed non normata Lat. “norm that norms which is not normed”).

Scripture is the norma normans sed non normata “norm that norms which is not normed”

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Controversy of Sola Scriptura

Sometimes people get the idea that sola Scriptura was a 16th-century invention. While it was definitely articulated a great deal through the controversies during the Reformation, its basic principles can be found deep in church history. Take a look at some of these early church fathers who seemed to believe in the primacy of Scripture:

Related Resource: Six Myths About Sola Scriptura by C. Michael Patton

Hippolytus (170-235)

There is, brethren, one God, the knowledge of whom we gain from the Holy Scriptures, and from no…

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“There is, brethren, one God, the knowledge of whom we gain from the Holy Scriptures, and from no other source. For just as a man, if he wishes to be skilled in the wisdom of this world, will find himself unable to get at it in any other way than by mastering the dogmas of philosophers, so all of us who wish to practise piety will be unable to learn its practice from any other quarter than the oracles of God. Whatever things, then, the Holy Scriptures declare, at these let us took; and whatsoever things they teach, these let us learn; and as the Father wills our belief to be, let us believe; and as He wills the Son to be glorified, let us glorify Him; and as He wills the Holy Spirit to be bestowed, let us receive Him. Not according to our own will, nor according to our own mind, nor yet as using violently those things which are given by God, but even as He has chosen to teach them by the Holy Scriptures, so let us discern them.” (Against the Heresy of One Noetus, 1-4, 7-9)

Irenaeus (175)

“They [heretics] gather their views from other sources than the Scriptures. We have learned from none others the plan of our salvation, than from those through whom the Gospel has come down to us, which they did at one time proclaim in public, and, at a later period, by the will of God, handed down to us in the Scriptures, to be the ground and pillar of our faith.

For they [the Apostles] were desirous that these men should be very perfect and blameless in all things, whom also they were leaving behind as their successors, delivering up their own place of government to these men; which men, if they discharged their functions honestly, would be a great boon to the Church, but if they should fall away, the direst calamity. Proofs of the things which are contained in the Scriptures cannot be shown except from the Scriptures themselves.”  (Against Heresies, 1:8:1, 3:1:1, 3:3:1, 3:12:9)

Recommended Book: The Shape of Sola Scripura by Keith Mathison

Ambrose (330-397)

“For how can we adopt those things which we do not find in the holy Scriptures?” (On the Duties of the Clergy, 1:23:102)

For how can we adopt those things which we do not find in the holy Scriptures?

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“The Arians, then, say that Christ is unlike the Father; we deny it. Nay, indeed, we shrink in dread from the word. Nevertheless I would not that your sacred Majesty should trust to argument and our disputation. Let us enquire of the Scriptures, of apostles, of prophets, of Christ. In a word, let us enquire of the Father. So, indeed, following the guidance of the Scriptures, our fathers [at the Council of Nicaea] declared, holding, moreover, that impious doctrines should be included in the record of their decrees, in order that the unbelief of Arius should discover itself, and not, as it were, mask itself with dye or face-paint.” (Exposition of the Christian Faith, 1:6:43, 1:18:119)

Clement of Alexandria (150-215)

“But those who are ready to toil in the most excellent pursuits will not desist from the search after truth until they get the demonstration from the Scriptures themselves.” – Clement of Alexandria (The Stromata, 7:16)

Augustine (354–430)

Scripture has a sacredness peculiar to itself. -St. Augustine

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“In order to leave room for such profitable discussions of difficult questions, there is a distinct boundary line separating all productions subsequent to apostolic times from the authoritative canonical books of the Old and New Testaments. The authority of these books has come down to us from the apostles through the successions of bishops and the extension of the Church, and, from a position of lofty supremacy, claims the submission of every faithful and pious mind. In the innumerable books that have been written latterly we may sometimes find the same truth as in Scripture, but there is not the same authority. Scripture has a sacredness peculiar to itself.” – Augustine (Reply to Faustus the Manichaean, 11:5)

“Every sickness of the soul hath in Scripture its proper remedy.”  (Expositions on the Psalms, 37:2; notice the sufficiency of Scripture being iterated here)

Cyprian (248)

“Let nothing be innovated, says he, nothing maintained, except what has been handed down. Whence is that tradition? Whether does it descend from the authority of the Lord and of the Gospel, or does it come from the commands and the epistles of the apostles? For that those things which are written must be done, God witnesses and admonishes, saying to Joshua the son of Nun: ‘The book of this law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate in it day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein.’ Also the Lord, sending His apostles, commands that the nations should be baptized, and taught to observe all things which He commanded. If, therefore, it is either prescribed in the Gospel, or contained in the epistles or Acts of the Apostles, that those who come from any heresy should not be baptized, but only hands laid upon them to repentance, let this divine and holy tradition be observed.” (Letter 73:2)

Cyril of Jerusalem (313-386)

“For concerning the divine and holy mysteries of the Faith, not even a casual statement must be delivered without the Holy Scriptures; nor must we be drawn aside by mere plausibility and artifices of speech. Even to me, who tell thee these things, give not absolute credence, unless thou receive the proof of the things which I announce from the Divine Scriptures. For this salvation which we believe depends not on ingenious reasoning, but on demonstration of the Holy Scriptures.” (Catechetical Lectures, 4:17)

For this salvation is not by ingenious reasonings, but by proof from the Holy Scriptures. -Cyril

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“This seal have thou ever on thy mind; which now by way of summary has been touched on in its heads, and if the Lord grant, shall hereafter be set forth according to our power, with Scripture-proofs. For concerning the divine and sacred Mysteries of the Faith, we ought not to deliver even the most casual remark without the Holy Scriptures: nor be drawn aside by mere probabilities and the artifices of argument. Do not then believe me because I tell thee these things, unless thou receive from the Holy Scriptures the proof of what is set forth: for this salvation, which is of our faith, is not by ingenious reasonings, but by proof from the Holy Scriptures.” (A Library of the Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church, Oxford: Parker, 1845, The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril 4.17).

Dionysius of Alexandria (265)

“Nor did we evade objections, but we endeavored as far as possible to hold to and confirm the things which lay before us, and if the reason given satisfied us, we were not ashamed to change our opinions and agree with others; but on the contrary, conscientiously and sincerely, and with hearts laid open before God, we accepted whatever was established by the proofs and teachings of the Holy Scriptures.”  (Cited in Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius, 7:24)

We accepted whatever was established by the teachings of the Holy Scriptures. -Dionysius

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Gregory of Nyssa (335-394)

“We make the Holy Scriptures the rule and the measure of every tenet; we necessarily fix our eyes upon that, and approve that alone which may be made to harmonize with the intention of those writings.

And to those who are expert only in the technical methods of proof a mere demonstration suffices to convince; but as for ourselves, we were agreed that there is something more trustworthy than any of these artificial conclusions, namely, that which the teachings of Holy Scripture point to: and so I deem that it is necessary to inquire, in addition to what has been said, whether this inspired teaching harmonizes with it all. And who, she replied, could deny that truth is to be found only in that upon which the seal of Scriptural testimony is set?” –  (“On the Soul and the Resurrection” A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, 442)

Basil the Great (379)

Enjoying as you do the consolation of the Holy Scriptures, you stand in need neither of my assistance nor of that of anybody else to help you comprehend your duty. You have the all-sufficient counsel and guidance of the Holy Spirit to lead you to what is right (Letter CCLXXXIII, ANCF, p. 312).

Hilary of Poitiers (300-368)

“Their treason involves us in the difficult and dangerous position of having to make a definite pronouncement, beyond the statements of Scripture, upon this grave and abstruse matter….We must proclaim, exactly as we shall find them in the words of Scripture, the majesty and functions of Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and so debar the heretics from robbing these Names of their connotation of Divine character, and compel them by means of these very Names to confine their use of terms to their proper meaning….I would not have you flatter the Son with praises of your own invention; it is well with you if you be satisfied with the written word.”  (On the Trinity, 2:5, 3:23)

Recommended Reading: Now that I’m a Christian by C. Michael Patton (has a lengthy discussion in chapter one on the different types of authority and how they interact with Scripture)

Jerome (347-420)

“When, then, anything in my little work seems to you harsh, have regard not to my words, but to the Scripture, whence they are taken.”  (Letter, 48:20)

“I beg of you, my dear brother, to live among these books [Scriptures], to meditate upon them, to know nothing else, to seek nothing else.” (Letter, 53:10)

Theodoret (393-457)

“I shall yield to scripture alone.” (Dialogues, 1)

“I shall yield to scripture alone.” Theodoret

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Conclusion

Here is a good quote from J. N. D. Kelly to sum it all up:

The clearest token of the prestige enjoyed by (Scripture) is the fact that almost the entire theological effort of the Fathers, whether their aims were polemical or constructive, was expended upon what amounted to the exposition of the Bible. Further, it was everywhere taken for granted that, for any doctrine to win acceptance, it had first to establish its Scriptural basis (Early Christian Doctrines, San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1978, pp. 42, 46).

Every sickness of the soul hath in Scripture its proper remedy. -St. Augustine


TOPICS: Apologetics; Evangelical Christian; Theology; Worship
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Of the 59 beads on the Rosary, why are there 53 to Mary and only 6 to Our Father? Is praying to Mary encouraged by the RCC?


181 posted on 06/30/2015 1:45:25 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: Salvation

If that was what the RCC believes, why have they added so much to the requirements for salvation? You can believe “the whole Christ is truly, really, and substantially contained” [Catechism paragraph 1374] in the wafer the magic priesthood holds up, but that was seen before hand by Jesus and He warned, 23 “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘There He is,’ do not believe him. [Matthew 24:23] The magic RCC priest holds up the wafer and says ‘Behold, The Body of Christ’ and to their condemnation the faithful say ‘Amen’ then consume the wafer believing they are ingesting the Life of God to aid in their salvation. Is that what you signed on for?


182 posted on 06/30/2015 2:15:05 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: MHGinTN

My o my.

Another anti-Catholic cherry picking post.


183 posted on 06/30/2015 2:17:34 PM PDT by detch
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To: CynicalBear; metmom; RnMomof7
I pray God opens the eyes of those deluded by Catholicism and all the other religions that rely on adding to the words of scripture.

Well, He opened MY eyes, and a few others around here too. Maranatha.

:-)

184 posted on 06/30/2015 2:36:48 PM PDT by Mark17 (Lonely people live in every city, men who face a dark and lonely grave. Lonely voices do I hear)
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To: detch

The RCC tree is ripe with heresies to pick from. Would you like some more?


185 posted on 06/30/2015 2:46:50 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: MHGinTN; verga
We are sounding alaems to those who are not born from above BUT THINK they are going to get there some where/when by working their way along some broad road with funstops that can be washed off with confession to a priest.

This sounds an awful lot like rationalization to be rude. 15 years ago the WWJD apparel was popular. Do you think He would condone these actions?

I hope that you are not going to quote the money changers at the temple to me as justification for you actions.

186 posted on 06/30/2015 3:08:27 PM PDT by Thales Miletus (Men stand up for truth, cowards hide behind ignorance.)
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To: Thales Miletus

Naw, I’m just doin’ what I’m told to do, share the True Gospel with those who are perishing. If it bothers you, perhaps you need to hear the Real Gospel, not the look-alikes from Mormons and Catholics. Or maybe you just need to walk on down the road and have a cold one under a shady tree until God knocks on your door. Hey, that sounds inviting, havin’ a cold one under a shade tree! ... I wonder if there’ll be cold beer in Heaven?


187 posted on 06/30/2015 3:22:37 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: Kandy Atz
There is God’s Living Word, His Eternal Truth, the Incorruptible Seed .... or there is the reasoning of men and his religion.

Choose wisely.

Choose wisely indeed. I did. I got out of a works based religion, which will remain unnamed, but I got out. Praise God for that.

188 posted on 06/30/2015 3:32:47 PM PDT by Mark17 (Lonely people live in every city, men who face a dark and lonely grave. Lonely voices do I hear)
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To: Petrosius; sasportas; MHGinTN; Mark17
How foolish! When, then, was the Catholic Church founded? And what happened to the Christian church that preceded it? By the way, the earliest use of the word "Catholic" to describe the church was by St. Ignatius of Antioch who was martyred in A.D. 107. That's pretty early.

It might be unwise t someone making this assumption to call another contender "foolish."

In fact, in the beginning, there was no "catholic" church. There were only churches, each one autonomous and loyal to Christ as its Head, with congregationally elected/appointed elders and deacons. There were no "priests" because the Jewish system of sacrifices was done away with by the single, never-to-repeated Cross atonement in the punished body and shed blood of the Lamb. According to Peter, every regenerated believer-disciple was a priest unto God.

Ignatius did mention the word "catholic," but for him it was just an idea, not a physical visible overarching complement of supernumerary overseers constituting a para-church polity by which the local churches were governed from without, in a fascist sort of way, not being local, egalitarian, and democratic. There was no such thing as a "denomination," like Methodism or Episcopalian, or Romanism.

And truly, if there had been a superimposed catholic principle, there would have been no purpose or need for multi-church councils to obtain consensus throughout the Christian world, would there, eh?

Furthermore, until Augustine formulated a Platonic concept to explain away the presence of impurity in the churches that involved an invisible unified "pure" church in this world, there was no implementation of the Platonic oversoul principle through the non-christian term "catholic" that described that Augustine invention.

The invisible Church of Christ exists since His ascension only in Heaven, and is the Kingdom of The God. It is not of this world. The writer of Hebrews described it as:

"But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel" (Heb 12:22-24 AV).

The visible churches belong to the Kingdom of Heaven, full of wheat and tares, good fish and bad fish, and other gross impurities, mostly fomenting doctrinal divisions, and the RCC denomination is only one of them, thus making the whole sphere of earthly Christianity distinctively catholic.

There's a lot more, but this is enough for mow.

How about playing a different tune? (I suppose it's hard when one's instrument has only one string.)

189 posted on 06/30/2015 10:24:42 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: Petrosius; sasportas; MHGinTN; Mark17
Correction: Left out a very important three-letter word!

"The visible churches belong to the Kingdom of Heaven, full of wheat and tares, good fish and bad fish, and other gross impurities, mostly fomenting doctrinal divisions, and the RCC denomination is only one of them, thus making the whole sphere of earthly Christianity distinctively not catholic.

190 posted on 06/30/2015 10:29:06 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: Petrosius

“There are some who question the Pauline authorship of Hebrews. How do we know that it is Scripture?”

DINE on it! THEN you’ll “know”! “Taste and see that the Lord is good.”

Laudatio Si: Bombastic claptrap.
Hebrews: Deep beauty and Truth, that elevate THE Truth, Jesus.


191 posted on 06/30/2015 10:53:23 PM PDT by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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To: MHGinTN
2 Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

Affirmative sir. I wonder if this means we are even closer to the end times than I thought?

192 posted on 06/30/2015 11:40:37 PM PDT by Mark17 (Lonely people live in every city, men who face a dark and lonely grave. Lonely voices do I hear)
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To: MHGinTN

Sounds like you don’t have much use for Peter — a Saint among all Christians, not just the RCC.

On the other hand, Jesus seemed to have liked Peter very much, asked him to start his (Jesus’) church if I’m not mistaken.

I belong to that church started by Peter at the call of Jesus.

And that was it for 1,500 years after his death.

I think it’s knowing that truth is what is bothering you. Otherwise, why would you care to even worry yourself about the RCC? I certainly don’t concern myself with your church or denomination.

Good luck on your journey.


193 posted on 07/01/2015 4:12:06 AM PDT by detch
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To: MHGinTN
Naw, I’m just doin’ what I’m told to do, share the True Gospel with those who are perishing.

I have seen Billy Graham and Mother Teresa speak, neither of them was rude.

Do you think Jesus would condone being rude when sharing the gospel?

194 posted on 07/01/2015 4:22:58 AM PDT by Thales Miletus (Men stand up for truth, cowards hide behind ignorance.)
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To: RnMomof7
Did the Early Church Fathers Believe in Sola Scriptura?

Wrong question...


WHY did the ECF's close the canon so soon?

They had a chance to claim all their added traditions were SCRIPTURE but they BLEW it!

195 posted on 07/01/2015 4:38:52 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: RnMomof7
Here would be a good place for STA's...

...if they won't listen to the church...

...snippet.

196 posted on 07/01/2015 4:40:00 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Salvation
**There is ONLY one Way to God, Jesus Christ The Righteous**

And that is what the Catholic Church believes.

**There is ONLY one Way to Jesus Christ, His mom: The Virgin Mary, The Blessed Virgin Mary, The Blessed Mother, Mother of God, Immaculate Mary, Saint Mary, Holy Mary, Holy Virgin, Our Lady, The Madonna, Notre-Dame, Queen of Heaven, Our Lady of the Snows

And that is what the Catholic Church TEACHES.

197 posted on 07/01/2015 4:44:43 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
To: MHGinTN This is such a comprehensive collection of misrepresentations about Catholic doctrine that it wearies me to think of correcting all of its mistakes.

You Catholics have my permission to post a comprehensive collection of misrepresentations about Protestant doctrine (in the spirit of ecumentalism)so that it will weary US to think of correcting all of your mistakes.

198 posted on 07/01/2015 4:47:20 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: detch
By calling Peter Satan, Christ did not mean that Peter was literally the fallen angel

By saying, "This is my body...

199 posted on 07/01/2015 4:48:11 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Thales Miletus
This sounds an awful lot like rationalization to be rude. 15 years ago the WWJD apparel was popular. Do you think He would condone these actions?

hope that you are not going to quote the money changers at the temple to me as justification for you actions.

Why; I'd never think of it!!


 


 
Matthew 15:16
   "Are you still so dull?" Jesus asked them.

Matthew 23
 
  1.  Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:
  2.  "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.
  3.  So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
  4.  They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
  5.  "Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their phylacteries  wide and the tassels on their garments long;
  6.  they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;
  7.  they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them `Rabbi.'
  8.  "But you are not to be called `Rabbi,' for you have only one Master and you are all brothers.
  9.  And do not call anyone on earth `father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
 10.  Nor are you to be called `teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ.
 11.  The greatest among you will be your servant.
 12.  For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
 13.  "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. 
 14.  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 
 15.   "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are. 
 16.  "Woe to you, blind guides! You say, `If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.'
 17.  You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?
 18.  You also say, `If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.'
 19.  You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
 20.  Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
 21.  And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it.
 22.  And he who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one who sits on it.
 23.  "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices--mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law--justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
 24.  You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
 25.  "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
 26.  Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
 27.  "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!  You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean.
 28.  In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
 29.  "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.
 30.  And you say, `If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'
 31.  So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
 32.  Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!
 33.  "You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?
 34.  Therefore I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.
 35.  And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
 36.  I tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation.
 37.  "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.
 38.  Look, your house is left to you desolate.
 39.  For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, `Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.' "
 


Mark 7:26-27
 26.  The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
 27.  "First let the children eat all they want," he told her, "for it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs."
 

And St. Paul chimes in...

Galatians 5:12
   As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!
 


200 posted on 07/01/2015 4:51:15 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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