Sorry, I did not relaize that all the passages were from Augustine. In any case, it does not change many of the points I just made, since it is unanimous consent of the Fathers that matters, not any one Father in particular. Besides, perhaps you should give some of quotes from Augustine that talk about the imprtance of reading the text as the Church reads it.
Besides, Augustine accepted the perpetual Virginity of Mary. Was he contradicting himself by holding both Sola Scriptura and that Mary was ever Virgin?
There's Scripture (capital S) that is in the bible and scripture (small s) that didn't make in the bible. At the time of Augustine, was the bible defined completely?
Sorry, I did not relaize that all the passages were from Augustine. In any case, it does not change many of the points I just made, since it is unanimous consent of the Fathers that matters, not any one Father in particular. Besides, perhaps you should give some of quotes from Augustine that talk about the imprtance of reading the text as the Church reads it.
I merely said I was willing to accept Augustine's reliance on the authority of Scripture
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"...since it is unanimous consent of the Fathers that matters,..." What a joke. Do you have a particularly "Catholic" definition of "Unanimous"?
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Besides, Augustine accepted the perpetual Virginity of Mary. Was he contradicting himself by holding both Sola Scriptura and that Mary was ever Virgin?
Besides, besides, besides. This is not an argument.
You feel you can pick and choose from the writings of the Church Fathers because of a self defined "authority" of the RCC. Be my guest. When all else fails resort to the "authority" ploy.