Look, we have seen so many professions of the leadership of the Holy Spirit here. Why is the same leadership of the Holy Spirit denied the fathers of the Church, in matters of canon or theology?
Because SO MANY of them forsook Holy Spirit's goals, priorites and ways
For their own very fleshly and often bloody goals, priorities and ways.
And it is absolutely staggering to see the vivid history on one side and the denial about the implications on the other. Absolutely mind boggling. Alternate reality stuff indeed.
Look, we have seen so many professions of the leadership of the Holy Spirit here. Why is the same leadership of the Holy Spirit denied the fathers of the Church, in matters of canon or theology?
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NOT denied them at all.
Just that we realistically understand that they,
TOO
were/are flawed in their hearing of Holy Spirit just as we all tend to be; just as they were/are flawed in reading Scripture individually and collectively just as we all are/tend to be.
They were NOT magical nor magically protected into perfect understanding and infallibility on such matters any more than we are.