[Cronos]

Metmom: And the difference between *Scripture* and *the Word of God* is what precisely?

John 1:1 :

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He was with God in the beginning.

3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

4In him was life, and that life was the light of men

The Word of God is not encompassed just in the Written Word. As +Paul says it is the spoken Word as well -- Jesus IS The Word and He has no boundaries

[Natural Law]

"The Word of God is not encompassed just in the Written Word."

Jean Calvin was a failed French lawyer. In typical sheister-like manner he set about to reduce the Word of God into a medium he could manipulate and control - a single written document.