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To: annalex

I am not following what you are asserting these verses ares saying.

Your diagram does not compute or it is mixmatched.

Christ promised that the Holy Spirit would guide us into all truth. The Holy Spirit indwells the church. He guides them through Scripture, teachers, circumstances, etc., but ALL OF HOW HE GUIDES is in conformance with Scripture. If we didn't have teachers, what we need to know is in Scripture. If we were confined to our beds and that was our only circumstance- all we need to know is in Scripture. NOTHING that the Holy Spirit teaches us is a contradiction to Scripture. So, if I drew your diagram, it would be

Christ promised the Holy Spirit who gave Truth to the Church both in the writing of and reading/teaching of Scripture. In short
Christ/Holy Spirit -> Truth ->Scripture ->Church


9,815 posted on 02/08/2007 6:44:13 PM PST by Blogger
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To: Blogger
NOTHING that the Holy Spirit teaches us is a contradiction to Scripture.

Very true. Indeed, nothing the Catholic Church teaches is in contradiction of the Scripture. This is because, as you note, the totality of what the Holy Spirit Teaches the Church consists of the Holy Scripture, the Holy Tradition, and the living Magisterium. Hence, Chruch -> Truth -> Scripture and not the other way around. See 1 Timothy 3:15 and 2 Thessalonians 2:14

9,824 posted on 02/09/2007 12:50:42 AM PST by annalex
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