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To: GonzoII; Lee N. Field
I don't follow. If scripture is the “ultimate and infallible” authority that leaves no room for another, unless there is a "penultimate and infallible" authority which would be a contradiction.

How does that work when Tradition is made ultimate? Or when the Pope is made ultimate? How do either of those things "leave room for the other"? Something will get the tiebreaker vote and overrule the rest, when issues of apparent conflict arise. Sola Scriptura says that what we know that God has said, i.e. scripture, gets that final tiebreaking vote.

What is your church's tiebreaker, Gonzo?

11 posted on 12/15/2013 11:58:03 AM PST by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: Alex Murphy; Lee N. Field
"What is your church's tiebreaker, Gonzo?"

The Word of God alone is supreme. This Word is transmitted
both through Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition:

2 Th 2:15: So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter.

The interpreter of the Word of God is the Church:

..the pillar and ground of the truth. 1 Tim 3:15

guided by the Holy Spirit:

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your
remembrance all that I have said to you
.
Jn 14:26

So there you have it: God revealing and God interpreting.

Good night. Someone else can go on from here.

12 posted on 12/15/2013 12:53:30 PM PST by GonzoII (Ted Cruz/Susana Martinez 2016)
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