[1000 silverlings]

further stressing that the word of God was foremost in our worship

Amen Doctor! When the ancient Hebrews went on the march, Issachar (the tribe of scholars) marched in the front with the tribe of Judah, so highly was God's Word revered.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

When the ancient Hebrews went on the march, Issachar (the tribe of scholars) marched in the front with the tribe of Judah, so highly was God's Word revered.

Amen!

"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." -- Hebrews 4:12

[kosta50]

When the ancient Hebrews went on the march, Issachar (the tribe of scholars) marched in the front with the tribe of Judah, so highly was God's Word revered

This is not about the Bible but about human practices. The Jws also went back and forth with their own idolatry and rejected the word of God on may an occasion.

My only point was that Glory goes to none but God, for we have all fallen short of it. Thus, the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil, in which one verse says about Mary "Glory to thee," prostrations to her, praying to her that 'save' us directly, are torublesome — to me, at least, if not to my Orthodox and Catholic brothers and sisters.