[OLD REGGIE]

You just figured this out? What do you think we've been talking about for the last 158 threads? Since we discount "Sola Scriptura" (Scripture Alone) you must have guessed that we didn't consider Scripture alone ("by itself") as authoritative.

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Dave, you have shown the openness to accept a definition of "Sola Scripture" which is not limited to Scripture Alone, but which asserts Scripture First.

You have now reverted to the narrow, and incorrect, definition of Sola Scriptura. (The "straw man" theory). Why????

Why can't you accept the interpretation of the concept of Sola Scriptura as defined by St. Augustine and many of the early Church Fathers? Is it possibly because it would show "Scripture" to not only be authoritative but to be the primary authority"?

[SoothingDave]

Dave, you have shown the openness to accept a definition of "Sola Scripture" which is not limited to Scripture Alone, but which asserts Scripture First. You have now reverted to the narrow, and incorrect, definition of Sola Scriptura. (The "straw man" theory). Why????

I have shown an openness to the idea of Sola Scriptura meaning that other sources can be used to develop the Christian's thoughts. I also explained that if Scripture is your "primary" authority, on a plane all by itself, that it is essentially "alone." It is this that I mean -- other sources can affect the mind, but Scripture holds the status as ultimate judge of any other source. It is the sole source used to judge the others. It is alone as the primary authority. Scripture. Alone.

SD

[hopefulpilgrim]

Reggie, could you re-post that quotation from Augustine? I can't find it. Sorry.