Another valiant try and another crash and burn fail.
Without the authority of and adherence to Scripture, anything goes. That explains why so many of the Catholic church doctrines are so off base.
The Church's definition of something is meaningless. It's what the word of God says that matters.
That's a good description of Protestantism and its offspring. For them, it isn't really about the authority of Scripture or the adherence to Scripture. It's about the authority of their interpretations of Scripture.
It's what the word of God says, according to MY interpretation, that matters.
That's really what it comes down to.
Another valiant try and another crash and burn fail. Without the authority of and adherence to Scripture, anything goes. That explains why so many of the Catholic church doctrines are so off base.
I think that you might mean, rather, the personal interpretation of selected snippets of Scripture. How else can you explain the differences between, say, Luther and Calvin?
The Church's definition of something is meaningless. It's what the word of God says that matters.
I think that you ;might mean, rather, what you define for yourself today, at this moment, in this emotional state. Next hour or next morning, who knows what'll develop, right?