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THAT'S RICH! And you know that because you were there???!

the church said,.......the church said,......the church said.

[Quix]

And the Vatican Cult/edifice wasn’t even there for at least 300+ years later! LOL.

Sigh.

[lastchance]

No I know that because of historical record which was not disputed by the Reformers. They did not believe the record necessarily reflected infallible teaching. That meant that even though the accounts of the Fathers were historically correct their views on such matters as Justification, the Eucharist and other doctine were subject to the authority of Scripture and the Reformers interpretation of Scripture.

The Catholic Church submits the writings of the Fathers to the authority Scripture and to the Magesterium. The Fathers are not in and of themselves infallible.

I hope an Orthodox Christian will comment on how the Orthodox Church regards the Fathers.

In any case non of the traditional Christian bodies ever decided that what the Father’s wrote was to be sneeringly set aside and regarded as inferior to one’s own private on retainer Holy Ghost.