[PetroniusMaximus]

***But if you are a Bible only Christian,..***

This thread isn't about being a "Bible-Only Christian" (whatever that is - have you ever heard of one?) but a discussion as to whether the Bible alone in enough to save you. It sounds to me like the "Bible-Only" moniker is a caricature of the belief that one can come to saving faith through the scripture without recourse to the so-called sacred tradition.

***I am at a loss to understand how you have come to these things and who has taught you.***

Paul describes it this way...

"Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual."

***But how do you come by the use of the term "theophany"? Have I missed something here...?***

Theology, original languages, pseudopigraphical literature, extrabiblical source material are tools, like one would use glasses to see more clearly.

But theology is human process, and as such is prone to error, unlike the scripture.

Either way, the context on Rev. 1 is clear - Jesus is the First and Last - Jesus is speaking.

[findingtruth]

It sounds to me like the "Bible-Only" moniker is a caricature of the belief that one can come to saving faith through the scripture without recourse to the so-called sacred tradition.

Except that without that (Sneer!) sacred tradition, you wouldn't know which books belong in the Bible and which ones don't, now would you? Or are you, perhaps, relying on some other authority to tell you which books other than (Sneer!) sacred tradition?

[Siobhan]

Thank you very much for your patience and your indulgence. I know understand where you are coming from.

[Siobhan]

One more question please. Are you Episcopalian? I ask in that you mention sacred tradition and I take it you aren't Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox.