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To: DungeonMaster

“To honor the bible is to take it at exactly what it says rather than building new doctrines or ignoring what is given.”

But even the most strict observer is going to have to admit that “what is given” demands interpretation. St. Paul indeed said “All have sinned,” did this include the Holy Innocents, or, indeed, Jesus himself?

Once interpretation is admitted, the question becomes the authority to interpret correctly. All Marian doctrines are constructed as logical syllogisms of statements made in Scripture about the nature of Christ, in the light of the Church’s authority to interpret those statements. If one disagrees, that’s one’s right, but it’s remarkable arrogance to claim the right of free interpretation for oneself, but not to permit others the same right.


4,556 posted on 06/10/2008 10:52:47 AM PDT by Philo-Junius (One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law.)
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To: Philo-Junius
All Marian doctrines are constructed as logical syllogisms of statements made in Scripture about the nature of Christ, in the light of the Church’s authority to interpret those statements.

This is where honoring the Bible dies. It looks and sounds innocent but it is to disregard the scriptures completely as I have previously posted regarding the kid getting milk analogy.

4,583 posted on 06/10/2008 12:18:03 PM PDT by DungeonMaster (Obamafeld, "A CAMPAIGN ABOUT NOTHING".)
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