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To: verga; boatbums
Why are modern protestants able to discern that they are both scripture but Luther was not able to?

A very good question actually, but before i answer that it seems that the RC premise is that an infallible interpreter is necessary to authoritatively determine what Scripture all consists of and its meaning, and that Rome, being the steward of Divine revelation, and inheritor of promises of God's presence and preservation, and having historical descent, is therefore that infallible interpreter. Is this a correct argument?

938 posted on 08/17/2013 6:02:35 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: daniel1212
this is one of the most convoluted run on sentences I can ever recall reading. And I teach ninth graders. A very good question actually, but before i answer that it seems that the RC premise is that an infallible interpreter is necessary to authoritatively determine what Scripture all consists of and its meaning,

Yes and no. God gave the Catholic Church the authority to determine the canon of scripture. As far as infallible interpreter the Catholic Church has only infallibly defined somewhere between 5-8 verses. Now that being said; anyone may have a different interpretation as long as it doesn't contradict the Church's teaching.

and that Rome, being the steward of Divine revelation, and inheritor of promises of God's presence and preservation, and having historical descent, is therefore that infallible interpreter. Is this a correct argument?

Also yes and no. See above. The Church is the divinely appointed steward (Excellent choice of words, seriously), but does not infallibly interpret ALL scripture.

939 posted on 08/17/2013 7:30:42 AM PDT by verga (A nation divided by Zero!)
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