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To: Quester
And what is the difference between such a position and the reliance by the NC churches upon the original Apostles ?

Good question. Not a whole lot, actually. Except that we have an actual succession of history showing where our beliefs came from, and moving the core belief to the era of the Apostles.

Where NC churches tend to read their Reformation-era ideas back into history where they are not. Honestly, does the idea that each person is sovereign to read the Scriptures and decide for Himself what is true even make any sense in a pre-literate, pre-printing press world?

SD

248 posted on 11/05/2003 8:04:40 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave
Good question. Not a whole lot, actually. Except that we have an actual succession of history showing where our beliefs came from, and moving the core belief to the era of the Apostles.

And the original Apostles don't have such a history ?

Where NC churches tend to read their Reformation-era ideas back into history where they are not. Honestly, does the idea that each person is sovereign to read the Scriptures and decide for Himself what is true even make any sense in a pre-literate, pre-printing press world?

Even in the pre-printing press world, christians were commanded to be discerning in their acceptance of teaching.
1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

253 posted on 11/05/2003 8:18:58 AM PST by Quester
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