As I said, this subject proves that the "Protestant apologist" is merely a wolf in sheep's clothing. They'll do or say anything to "win" an argument - even if it means denying simple logic. I am STILL waiting for the answer to WHY they accept the NT Deuts, but not the OT Deuts. They quote writers when it suits them, totally ignoring these same "authorities" when it doesn't suit them. All in the effort to "win" an argument. These people are not concerned about the truth, Kosta.
They triumph when they find, besides a heretic, a genuine father of the Church (+Athanasius, +Jerome, +Augustine), who express similar opinions (out of context, of course), because — as you point aptly — no matter what these fathers thought, they always deferred to the Church in the end, which shows that their egos did not constitute a church in itself, as is the case with our Protestant friends.
Exactly. Jerome was the only Church Father I found who denied the OT Deuts belonged in Sacred Scriptures. But he deferred to the Church, realizing that IT is guided by the Spirit. We would NEVER know what the Bible WAS if we relied on Calvin's way of determining Sacred Scriptures - "let the Spirit tell me what is Scriptures"...
You have done a terrific job exposing the truth on this subject.
I hope other people who are sitting on the fence will also realize this. Only God can help the more obstinate who defer to their own opinions over common sense.
Regards
who defer to their own opinions over common sense.
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Over the years, I've increasingly construed
RELIGION [vs RELATIONSHIP]
and
COMMON SENSE
to be mutually exclusive events, states, realities.