I've read/heard a number of conversion stories of Protestants that go something like this: They were ardent evangelicals, studied at X prestigious Reformed seminary, etc. But then some Catholic asked them a "gotcha" question, e.g. where the Bible taught sola Scriptura, that they didn't have an answer to, and then they ended up converting to Catholicism, interviewed on EWTN, and so forth.
As I see it, anyone who gets caught up on such a basic question probably wasn't particularly well trained ("catechized") in the Reformed faith to begin with.
Interesting because I don't see that as a *gotcha* question and was not trained at any seminary.
As I see it, anyone who gets caught up on such a basic question probably wasn't particularly well trained ("catechized") in the Reformed faith to begin with.
Well, I don't see that as a matter of training. I see it as a matter of whether one thinks the word of God is all we need for spiritual growth and is authoritative or not.
IMO, The Bible contains enough material for me to deal with the rest of my life. I could not exhaust what it has to say and teach me about God. I don't see the need for worrying about stuff outside Scripture for this reason.
If it's not verifiable by Scripture, it's either not true or suspect.
If it IS verifiable by Scripture, then it can be found in Scripture and therefore is redundant.