Nope, its about whose beliefs are being "injected". It all goes back to authority. Protestants, like you, begin with the premise that "no Guinea bastard is gonna tell me what to think" so you reject a priori any and all things taught by the Church in favor of anything taught by anyone who similarly rejects the Church. Your refusal to even consider the writings of Aquinas, a Doctor of the Church and a man recognized as a giant by many Protestant theologians speaks to the willful ignorance of Protestantism.
Because nobody really CARES what the *church fathers* thought.
Their opinions are meaningless and worthless in regard to salvation.
Everything we need to know to be saved can be found in Scripture. If the opinions of those you call *church fathers* was needed, they would have been included in Scripture.
Since God didn't see fit to ensure that those opinion pieces were God breathed, they aren't necessary.
The Bible contains enough to keep anyone busy for a lifetime since there is no limit to what we can learn from and about God.
I’ve read much of the writings of the church fathers. After about 200AD and especially after 400AD there is a serious falling away. One only needs to read Revelation to see that there were churches already in trouble in 96AD.
No dog bone for you today Fido...What we believe in the scriptures has not a thing at all to do with your religion...We read the scriptures and believe what they say, as they say it...
We don't go for private, twisted interpretations when the words we read make perfectly good sense as we read them...
Your refusal to even consider the writings of Aquinas, a Doctor of the Church and a man recognized as a giant by many Protestant theologians speaks to the willful ignorance of Protestantism.
What is this fixation with Aquinas??? God trumps Aquinas every time...I'll stick with God...