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To: annalex
Where does it say that the Church MUST NOT teach anything not in it?

The Apostle Paul writes;

Cyril of Jerusalem (A.D. 315-386);


70 posted on 10/27/2012 11:31:23 AM PDT by BlueDragon (going to change my name to "Nobody" then run for elective office)
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To: BlueDragon
a gospel contrary

I did not ask where heresy is forbidden. Of course when a charlatan like Luther comes and preaches whatever suits him, let him be anathema.

The question is, if the Church teaches some other thing never mentioned or described in the Holy Scripture, -- for example, what makes the Eucharist valid or whether cloning is allowed, -- where is that prohibited in the Holy Scripture?

73 posted on 10/27/2012 2:01:59 PM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: BlueDragon
In Gal 1:6-9 does Paul confine his preaching to his written word? Doesn't seem to me that he does. 1 Thes 2:13 tells us that Paul's oral teaching is truly the word of God: "And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers." In 2 Thes 2:15 he admonishes to "hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter." Where does Paul confine his teaching only to his written word?

Cyril of Jerusalem taught doctrines often cited by nonCatholics as unbiblical (purgatory, the Mass, magisterium, etc). Was he a poor exegete to find basis for Catholic doctrine in scripture or was he not really a sola scriptura adherent as you suggest?

77 posted on 10/27/2012 4:05:08 PM PDT by PeevedPatriot ("A wise man's heart inclines him toward the right, but a fool's heart toward the left."--Eccl 10:2)
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