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To: papertyger
The alternative suggested to sola scripture has been the Catholic churches’s reliance on tradition, on the philosophical musings of Church “fathers”.

That certainly has produced nothing but a structure that must inevitably must subjugate Scripture to tradition. Example?

248 posted on 02/06/2012 7:52:39 PM PST by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: count-your-change
That certainly has produced nothing but a structure that must inevitably must subjugate Scripture to tradition. Example?

Would you be kind enough to rewrite this sentence? I'm not sure I take your point.

Also, if you are asking about the Magisterium as an alternate to Sola Scriptura, please forgive my misunderstanding your question.

Perhaps it would be easier to think of Church governance like civil governance. Trying to maintain the Church using nothing but the Bible would be analogous to running the country using a Constitution, but doing so without any judicial mechanism.

And before one is tempted to note that Jesus is the head of the Church, let us recall it is beyond dispute there are many issues on which our Lord simply as decided not to give any clear direction.

249 posted on 02/06/2012 8:18:21 PM PST by papertyger
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