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To: esquirette
"I believe the Bible is the standard alone for truth..."

We are so close, but yet so far from one another here. Catholicism teaches a hierarchy of Truths that proceed from the Revealed Word of God. Tradition cannot be discounted because the Bible proceeded from the Apostolic Traditions of the Church that carried the Word from the Resurrection until such time as the Word was put to paper and the Canon chose which writings would compromise the Bible.

The Church further teaches that the Holy Spirit is still active and guides the Traditions to this day. Surely Protestants must believe this or they could not claim that the works of the Reformation had any divine inspiration or authorship.

63 posted on 04/28/2011 1:27:26 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law

I don’t think there are many reformed believers who follow the 95 theses as canon law. I couldn’t even tell you what they were.

So I’m not sure what the “works of the Reformation” are that had “devine inspiration or authorship” in the context of setting up doctrine or canon.

To me, reformation is simply the awakening to practices of christians which were based in traditions that were at odds with the scripture, and an attempt to return to a more scriptural state of being. I wouldn’t even argue that the authors of Reformation did a great job of that; I consider the task a work in progress, even today, and frankly one that in our imperfect world will likely remain for each of us until we reach our destination.


71 posted on 04/28/2011 3:27:50 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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