[Mrs. Don-o]

Jesus is the Word of God and Jesus IS God. Scripture is the Word of God. But Scripture is not "God" --- because these are nor univocal equivalences. Scripture, for instance, is not the Creator of Heaven and Earth. God is.

For another example, the Father is God, Jesus is God and the Holy SPirit is God; but Jesus is not the Holy Spirit and Jesus is not the Father. And while Jesus is a Person, Scripture is a Book: but Jesus is not a Book.

Neither Jesus nor Scripture teach "Scripture alone."

It's the "alone" part that gets you into trouble. If what we needed is Scripture "alone," then the Son might just as well have stayed in Heaven, and John might just as well have said,

"For God so loved the world, that He sent a Book."

And people who had no Book --- illiterates, for instance --- could not be saved. Which is nonsense: it is not what any of us believe.

[GonzoII]

"For God so loved the world, that He sent a Book."

It better have been the Douay Rheims!!!

[sr4402]

Mrs. Don-o,

But Scripture is not "God"

Have you not read - "And he was clothed with a garment sprinkled with blood; and his name is called, THE WORD OF GOD." Douay-Rhiems Revelation 19:13.

Again, the Scirptures testify that the Lord Jesus Christ and Word (Scriptures) are one the same.

What will you say to the Lord Jesus Christ if he asks you why you said His Scriptures was "Just a book"?

[Not gonna take it anymore]

“For God so loved the world, that He sent a Book.”

That is soooo good. ‘-D