amoreperfectUnion:
Oh I am ok with where I am at. I am in the faith expressed in the Nicene Creed. I will hold to that faith, thanks anyway. I will not push you any longer on the Church thing, it is obvious you are not going to respond
“Paul repeated a common saying to lead his listeners to the truth. GOD saw fit to include this in Acts. If God included it, I certainly don’t argue with it. It does not follow that anything outside inspired Scripture has equal authority to Scripture. All truth may be God’s truth, as the saying goes, but all truth isn’t equal to Authoritative, Inspired Truth.”
Ok, so the mere fact that something is from pagan thought and practice does not negate it, so you agree here. So St. Paul used Greek Pagan Poetry, St. Augustine used Plato, and St. Thomas Aquinas used Aristotle. So the notion that the Catholic Church has used Greek Philosophy in its theology has somehow tainted the faith is perhaps not true. You do freely admit in 2 of his letters [1 Corinthians and Titus] and also in Acts, St. Paul quotes from Greek poets.
“So St. Paul used Greek Pagan Poetry, “
Paul used it in preaching. God included it in sacred Scripture - at least as part of the narrative. Beyond that, He didn’t endorse it in any further way.
“So the notion that the Catholic Church has used Greek Philosophy in its theology has somehow tainted the faith is perhaps not true. “
If God didn’t include it in His revelation, you won’t persuade me that it is equal to Scripture. Scripture trumps and judges all else. If the Catholic Church mixed pagan teaching with scripture, that’s falsehood.
Paul quotes it in preaching. God includes his actions in the narrative, but makes no further comment. Just because scripture records something, doesn’t mean it teaches it. Baal gets lots of ink in the OT, but no endorsement.