As HarleyD points out, the context is the biblical authors’ “word of prophecy” and not interpretation of scripture. In short, those writers (Isaiah, Daniel, etc.) were not writing their opinions....they were writing under inspiration of God.
That text has nothing to do with any magisterium versus individual Christians reading and understanding the bible.
Even, though, if we used their faulty biblical eisegesis, our interpretation is not “private” BECAUSE the text is there for everyone to see.
It’s no different than having the US Constitution interpreted “privately.” Someone might claim there’s no right to keep and bear arms, but...WHAT DOES THE TEXT ACTUALLY SAY?
No different than the bible which is right there in front of everyone to look at and to interpret. If someone tries to pull a fast one, we’ll catch it. The text is there. If someone tries to make a debatable point into an absolute requirement, we’ll catch it. The text is there.
Exactly...It's a matter of belief, not interpretation...And then putting the texts together accurately...
Good insight. MOST of the Bible is pretty much what it says. Of course there are mysteries and allegories, but it IS the simple gospel, after all.
Your comparisons to the U.S. Constitution are excellent.
I really don’t see how a Roman Catholic can be a strict constructionist or even a textualist when it comes to the Constitution, but then revert to a Bible+Magisterium approach to Christianity.
The Bible+Magisterium approach is EXACTLY parallel to what liberal Judges say when they claim our real constitution is Constitution+Supreme Court decisions. When a text and arbitrary human decisions are mixed, as a dual final authority, the human decisions win every time....corrupting the text. The Supreme Court is supposed to be simply an interpreter of the final authority, the text, not a co-equal authority to it.
The same principle applies in the military. The reason for a hierarchy in military authority is that ultimately one can have only one authority in charge... two co-equal authorities just don’t work, as one will over-power and subvert the other. This is why the President is Commander-in-Chief, and not the President + Congress.
Amen. The scripture is right before our eyes. And this was 1500 years before the printing press!
Great post! I’m way behind on this thread...and up too late.