[papertyger]

Some things you are missing here...Most Protestants get their theology from the scriptures, only...As a result, they pour over the scriptures for truth and understanding...The bible is the 'final authority' for all matters of faith and practice...

And the part YOU'RE missing is the bible isn't comprehensive enough to be the "final authority." Your doctrines insist it is, so y'all have to contrive all manner of NON scriptural excuses to give interpretations the authority of scripture.

[Mr Rogers]

“And the part YOU’RE missing is the bible isn’t comprehensive enough to be the “final authority.”

And yet, for hundreds of years, we’ve been content to settle - or at least discuss - issues using the Bible as our ultimate authority.

What non-scriptural excuses are you writing about?