Discussion won’t get us anywhere, since we would rely on the inerrant Bible as our authority, and Catholics rely on a sinful man, or group of sinful men, as authority. So, lacking a common ground, we’d just be talking past each other.
>> Discussion won’t get us anywhere, since we would rely on the inerrant Bible as our authority, and Catholics rely on a sinful man, or group of sinful men, as authority. So, lacking a common ground, we’d just be talking past each other. <<
Well, certainly not if you resolutely cling to slander such as “Catholics rely on a sinful man, or group of sinful men, as authority.” See, because I know people have instructed you that Catholicism rejects any doctrine contrary to the bible. You just have an unshakable faith in a patently, directly anti-scriptural belief of Sola Fides.
I mean, you talk about following sinful men and relying on the inerrant Bible. Yet you follow a murderer named John Calvin who preached that Man is saved by faith alone, even when the bible says, word-for-word, that “Man is not saved by faith alone.”
You say “discussion won’t get us anywhere.” What you mean is your purpose cannot be advanced by engaging in an argument you are sure to lose. Because we all know when a Catholic makes a controvertible statement, or even errs in expressing himself, the GRPL swarms in, making their case amdist no limit of mutual congratulations.
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***Discussion won’t get us anywhere, since we would rely on the inerrant Bible as our authority***
You wouldn’t be able to post a copy of your inerrant Bible would you?
***Discussion won’t get us anywhere, since we would rely on the inerrant Bible as our authority, and Catholics rely on a sinful man, or group of sinful men, as authority.***
My experience is that many Protestants simply pick their favourite bits and camp out there, leaving the rest out.
Without the authority of the Church (1 Tim 3), Luther’s milkmaid becomes her own theological generator and we have millions of different Protestant theologies, each generated by the individual.
Jesus Christ created the Church; men created the Reformation.