Proof texting the Fathers?!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL; OR, is there a consensus patrum on sola scriptura and if so, what is it? :)
What difference would a consensus patrum make? In the end you are looking to a group of men to tell you what you believe.
The truth of Scripture is self evident or it is not.
“What difference would a consensus patrum make? In the end you are looking to a group of men to tell you what you believe.”
All the difference in the world, WF. Its what determined what you read for scripture, for example.
“The truth of Scripture is self evident or it is not.”
If the several thousand interpretations of scripture Western Christians advance is any evidence, I’d say it isn’t self-evident at all...not even close.
Amen.
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me" -- John 10:25-27"Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Do all Christians read about and believe the same miracles that Christ performed? Probably. So we're not really arguing about the validity of Scripture; just the interpretation.
Thus even the RCs believe in Sola Scriptura, although they are loathe to admit it.