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To: metmom; RnMomof7; Dr. Eckleburg
Scripture alone isn't good enough for us?

None of these verses teach that scripture alone is the rule of faith. They teach that the scripture is to be studied (Mt 22:29, Mk 12:24), that the Old Testament predicted the coming of Christ (Luke 24:27, John 2:22), that Christ explained the Old Testament to His Church (Luke 24:32,45), that the scruipture is to be used to verify theological claims (Acts 17:11, 2 Tim. 3:16). Finally, the entiore passage in 2 Tim. 3 teaches that the scripture is useful for the completion of the education of a "man of God", and is inspiured of God. None of that is under dispute. The Catholic Church would not have bothered to wruite theNew Testament if she did not consider the Hoyl Scripture very, very important.

The question is, where does the scripture teach that the scripture alone -- without the teaching authority of the Church and without the historical Sacred Tradition -- constitutes the complete rule of faith? Nowhere. But many times we read in the scripture that the entirety of the Word of Christ is equally important (your first "prooftext", Rom. 10:17), that the tradition is equally important (2 Thessalonians 2:14, 2 Timothy 3:14), that the Church will receive instruction from the Holy Ghost at all times (John 14:16, John 14:26), that the Church and not the reference to the scripture is to dispose of all disputes (Matthew 18:19).

A Christian man is not ruled by the Scripture alone but rather by "every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God".

1,217 posted on 11/09/2010 5:40:49 PM PST by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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To: annalex; metmom; RnMomof7
A Christian man is not ruled by the Scripture alone but rather by "every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God".

lol. That is one of the most ludicrous examples of papist double-speak I've ever read.

As Metmom reminded us, the written word is consistent and reliable compared to the conniving and ignorance of men and their traditions which can change from one day to the next.

Rome must diminish Scripture because Rome does not adhere to what the Scriptures, the word of God, teach.

1,221 posted on 11/09/2010 6:11:18 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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Nothing in Scripture says that Scripture alone isn’t good enough and nowhere are we instructed to add tradition to it.

It’s only tradition which teaches that tradition must be added to Scripture.

Very convenient, you know.


1,223 posted on 11/09/2010 6:20:04 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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