"By their fruits, you shall know them"
The CC has a long and notorious history of political expediency and doctrinal compromise. It's what comes from adopting a belief that their clergy continue to get "revelations" about the suppossed "incomplete" scriptures. Non sola scriptura reaps what it sows.
It's a first cousin to the "living Constitution" mindset: "Go with the times."
Why is it that we have hundreds of "sola scriptura" denominations that each have very different interpretations of what scripture says? Isn't that the definition of a "living Constitution"? Every denomination has set itself up as the final arbiter of what God was saying.
Just a thought.
It's a first cousin to the "living Constitution" mindset: "Go with the times.""
I agree. I would also state that is quite difficult to undertand the big picture, if big holes are within it. One should understand, for example, that Darwin's grandfather wrote a poem.
(see: Erasmus Darwin (The real source of 'Frankenstein' as well as Evolution).
From that poem, the godless book, Frankenstein was written. From the grandfather's original experiments, Evolution was 'naturally' born by the grandson.
Talk about multi-generaltional curse; talk about 'by their fruits'!
Where is "the Bible alone" theory in the Bible?
Did Jesus command his disciples to write the New Testament?
Who came up with the idea?
Who determined which writings would comprise the New Testament?
Who preserved the Bible prior to the invention of the printing press?