I don’t know why you would assume I believe titles, such as reverend, are Biblical/acceptable . They aren’t. I have never uttered the title, ‘reverend,’ and with God’s help I never will.
None of which makes the title, ‘father,’ Biblical or acceptable. It’s just as much prohibited as the title, ‘reverend.’
You cite people using the title, ‘father,’ subsequent to the time of Christ. Irrelevant. Nowhere are we told that tradition is inspired and inerrant. “God-breathed,” applies only to the Bible.
Here’s what Jesus said about subordinating Scripture to tradition:
Mark 7:
5 The Pharisees and the scribes *asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with impure hands?”
6 And He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:
This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.
7 But in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’
8 Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.”
I don’t know why you would assume I believe titles, such as reverend, are Biblical/acceptable .
None of which makes the title, ‘father,’ Biblical or acceptable. It’s just as much prohibited as the title, ‘reverend.’*********
I agree.