[Songcraft]

Do you take that same approach to the Bible?   There are very few Christians mentioned in the Bible (relatively speaking), and does that somehow diminish the truth those very few people represented, (or even the numerical disparity of Christians compared to the number of non-Christians in the world those days)?   Or, do you simply choose to conveniently use a completely different standard when dealing with that minute number of those very few Christians documented in the New Testament?

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Eh. Your question conflates things that are not equal to avoid acknowledging (I’d guess) that Rome is bleeding members like crazy.

Elsie might be able to identify which specific form of disinformation that is...

I only wish that every member who leaves Rome would come to saving faith in Christ. Too many become atheists.

Heck, I wish every member of Rome would come to saving faith in Christ.

[Elsie]

...do you simply choose to conveniently use a completely different standard when dealing with that minute number of those very few Christians documented in the New Testament?

Do YOU agree with the teachings of THESE guys; or TODAY's Rome??

 

Just WHO are these guys??

Ambrosiaster 
Augustine
Basil of Seleucia
Bede
Cassiodorus
Chrysostom (John)
Cyril of Alexandria
Origen
Hilary of Potier

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This is what Augustine argued when he wrote...

"What more shall I teach you than what we read in the apostle?
For Holy Scripture fixes the rule for our doctrine, lest we dare to be wiser than we ought.
Therefore I should not teach you anything else except to expound to you the words of the Teacher. (De bono viduitatis)"

[Elsie]

 

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Sola Scriptura and the Church Fathers

Question: You strongly hold to the principle of Sola Scriptura. This teaching is relatively new, it cannot be found anywhere in the history of Christendom until the Protestant reformation in the 16^th Century. I would deeply appreciate if you could show me why you would believe such an erroneous teaching.

Answer: The principle of Sola Scriptura - the Holy Scripture is the only infallible rule of faith for the  church - is neither new nor erroneous. On the contrary, the Church Fathers testify that they too upheld the Scriptures as the sufficient and authoritative font of divine revelation.

 

http://www.justforcatholics.org/a186.htm