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To: Dr. Eckleburg
"Your cut-and-paste is off-topic."

Your obfuscation is in character. I never expected a serious or correct response from you anyway.

132 posted on 06/15/2010 8:33:05 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law; RnMomof7; Alex Murphy; Gamecock; the_conscience; Quix; Dutchboy88; 1000 silverlings; ..
You demand answers to 28 questions that are off-topic. And then you are either surprised or not surprised that no one takes the bait, depending on your comment.

You've stated in post 133 "apostolic tradition" (whatever that is) answers all 28 questions.

You are wrong.

Apostolic tradition does not define the trinity, nor answer the rest of your questions. The word of God answers those questions, confirmed by church fathers and councils and synods and statements of faith and practice.

But interestingly, you write those 28 questions as if they were your own. No attribution.

And yet here they are on this Roman Catholic website...

QUESTIONS FOR BIBLE CHRISTIANS

Seems dishonest for someone to pass off those questions as their own.

And I see you posted those questions to me on another thread earlier. Yet still no attribution then or now.

Just two posts that supposedly were written by Natural Law.

And now we know they were not.

Twice.

Looks like it's becoming a tradition.

135 posted on 06/15/2010 11:45:52 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Natural Law; annalex; Dr. Eckleburg; Iscool; Quix; RnMomof7

Curious why the obsession with Solas. Among those whose faith is guided by the Word of God (as opposed to those whose faith lies primarily in the authority of a group & traditions) the terms Sola ... are not some kind of bedrock doctrinal terms in and of themselves. They simply describe perspectives that the Scripture promotes. Shorthand, if you will.

For example, Eph. 2:8ff is one of the many places that Paul sets out the fact that once the Gentiles became includable in Israel’s Messiah, the means by which that inclusion occured is “grace through faith, and that not of yourselves”. If Paul went on to say, grace would be conferred by other men, or by an organization, or by the Eucharist, or even by personal commitments we would be inclined to listen to you. But, the text delivered by the Apostle pre dating anything Roman Catholic simply says, “it is the gift of God; not as result of works, that no one should boast.” Oila’, Sola Gratia, Sola Fide explained.

Because this view is assailed by those claiming it is inadequate and more must be added, we simply reply, “Well, the text was there first, so we will stick with Sola Scriptura to guide us. Crackpots of every stripe will attempt to alter what is true and the Scripture provides a immovable foundation.”

Solas describe these facts. No one that I know claims that they appear in the text any more than the word “Trinity” appears in a text, yet we hold that precious truth to be a summary of the text’s collective argument. So, if your questions are intended to ask, “Does the Bible’s aggregate message teach the Solas?” We would say “yes, of course.” If you want to know where, read the entire text and you will find them.


149 posted on 06/16/2010 8:31:03 AM PDT by Dutchboy88
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