[Elsie]

Impasse indeed!

 

We have Protestants pointing to what you folks claim is NOT scripture: the KFD, and saying it's what YOU believe and you say it's not.

 

And here you want to say something that is not Protestant (or Catholic) scripture and say that where YOUR Temple rites came from!

 

 

 

 

 

I can only stand with these fellows:

 

 

 1 Corinthians 4:6
   Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, "Do not go beyond what is written." Then you will not take pride in one man over against another.

 

 

2 Corinthians 4:2
  Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

 

 

 Revelation 2:24-25
 24.  Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan's so-called deep secrets (I will not impose any other burden on you):
 25.  Only hold on to what you have until I come.

 

 

 

[sevenbak]

LOL. I didn’t say that the rites come from a 2nd century Christian theologian, I said that he referenced them not being written in cannon, but still passed unwritten among the faithful.

Let me share one of many biblical references with you, since that is apparently what you want to hear.

Amos 3:7
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Now, besides the secrets being revealed to His prophets, it's important to remember which religion has a living prophet and which has no secrets revealed because they have no prophet.

How on earth would you know what secrets God has to reveal to His prophets when you refuse to believe in them, and mock them?