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To: Steelfish; OneWingedShark

There is no “Authority to authoritatively establish the Word of God in writing.”

The ancient scriptures were assembled based on the proven truthfulness of the prophets, long after those prophets had been murdered for obeying Yehova.

Only those that were handed down in Hebrew are “scripture.”

These scriptures were affirmed by Yeshua himself. Nothing written after his death has such assurance, and the selection thereof is arbitrary, and has changed from time to time.

There is no “Church” authority on Earth, but the Holy Spirit.
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22 posted on 11/09/2014 4:14:45 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor
There is no “Church” authority on Earth, but the Holy Spirit.

I agree.

There is no “Authority to authoritatively establish the Word of God in writing.”

I think I agree with your intent, but the exact wording here I have issue wit — of course there is authority given to establish God's word in writing; we see this explicitly in Revelation where John is told to write unto the seven churches which are in Asia.

The ancient scriptures were assembled based on the proven truthfulness of the prophets, long after those prophets had been murdered for obeying Yehova.

True.

Only those that were handed down in Hebrew are “scripture.”

Not strictly true; largish portions [chapters] of Daniel and Ezra were in Aramaic.

These scriptures were affirmed by Yeshua himself. Nothing written after his death has such assurance, and the selection thereof is arbitrary, and has changed from time to time.

Again citing Revelation above, I'd hesitate to make this claim.

25 posted on 11/09/2014 4:26:25 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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