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To: MarkBsnr
Sola scriptura is an invention of men; so is bibliolatry. Yet if I am not mistaken, you practice both.
I "practice" what was well known in the early church, what we now call Sola Scriptura.

Cyril of Jerusalem also practiced it. "Have thou ever in thy mind this seal, which for the present has been lightly touched in my discourse, by way of summary, but shall be stated, should the Lord permit, to the best of my power with the proof from the Scriptures. For concerning the divine and holy mysteries of the Faith, not even a casual statement must be delivered without the Holy Scriptures; nor must we be drawn aside by mere plausibility and artifices of speech. Even to me, who tell thee these things, give not absolute credence, unless thou receive the proof of the things which I announce from the Divine Scriptures. For this salvation which we believe depends not on ingenious reasoning, but on demonstration of the Holy Scriptures" Catechetical Lectures 4.17.

I do not kneel down and pray to the Bible. I do not light candles to the bible. I do not address the Bible as God. There is one God that I pray to.

845 posted on 06/21/2011 6:56:48 AM PDT by bkaycee
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To: bkaycee
I "practice" what was well known in the early church, what we now call Sola Scriptura.

Cyril of Jerusalem also practiced it. "Have thou ever in thy mind this seal, which for the present has been lightly touched in my discourse, by way of summary, but shall be stated, should the Lord permit, to the best of my power with the proof from the Scriptures. For concerning the divine and holy mysteries of the Faith, not even a casual statement must be delivered without the Holy Scriptures; nor must we be drawn aside by mere plausibility and artifices of speech. Even to me, who tell thee these things, give not absolute credence, unless thou receive the proof of the things which I announce from the Divine Scriptures. For this salvation which we believe depends not on ingenious reasoning, but on demonstration of the Holy Scriptures" Catechetical Lectures 4.17.

I do not kneel down and pray to the Bible. I do not light candles to the bible. I do not address the Bible as God. There is one God that I pray to.

Amen! I'm with you.

878 posted on 06/21/2011 4:21:17 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
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