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To: Aquinasfan
A more proper question might be if he removed books from cannon. An even more proper question might be if all the books in the cannon are inspired and can be proven against one another. What's your point and how does it relate to the topic. Did Luther create a forged history that I'm unaware of - if so please enlighten. If not - it's irrelevant to the discussion and to me.
80 posted on 10/01/2002 6:11:28 PM PDT by Havoc
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To: Havoc
A more proper question might be if he removed books from cannon.

OK. I can work with that.

An even more proper question might be if all the books in the cannon are inspired and can be proven against one another.

Or if the cannon in use in his lifetime was the definitive cannon used by all Christians for the previous 1100 years.

What's your point and how does it relate to the topic.

You're alleging that the Catholic Church has deliberately falsified history. I'm questioning your ability to make such judgements objectively and your dedication to seeking historical truth by assessing your judgement regarding an all-important historical issue in which you have a vested interest.

I expect you to say that the Catholic Church added books to the Bible when history clearly shows that the cannon of scripture was established by several Church Councils around the year 400 A.D. and had been in continuous use by all Christians for nearly 1100 years before, contrary to his doctrine of "Scripture alone," Luther removed several Old Testament books from the cannon of Scripture.

Did Luther create a forged history that I'm unaware of - if so please enlighten.

Yes, in the sense that he rejected the 1100 year history of the constant use of the Catholic cannon, creating his own ahistorical cannon, even contradicting his theory of "scripture alone" by removing books from Scripture when Scripture itself, under his rubric, is supposed to be the sole rule of faith.

82 posted on 10/01/2002 6:27:33 PM PDT by Aquinasfan
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