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Post by Cepha on Apr 15, 2008 15:39:18 GMT -5
Do you believe in it? Where did it come from? Who revealed it? Is it a work of God or a work of man? Is "it" in The Holy Bible?  |
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Post by Reformedalt on Dec 17, 2008 14:50:11 GMT -5
Sola Scriptura is one of the most logical doctrines in the Bible. The funny thing is that it is never mentioned explicitly, but a logical conclusion drawn from the Bible IS Sola Scriptura. Sola Scriptura is a negative position. It never affirms anything. SS DENIES something. It denies ANYTHING other than the Scriptures.
Jesus used Sola Scriptura when he condemned the Pharisees for using their tradition to contradict the word of God. These Pharisees believed that their Traditions were divine in origin (Sound familiar?), yet Jesus held up the Word over their Traditions.
Thus it always strikes me as odd when a Catholic demands that I find a specific verse stating that we must use ONLY scripture. We don't need to look for that verse. It's like telling a Christian to look for a passage in Augustine's writings which state that Augustine DIDN'T have laser vision.
We know logically that we deny such a claim. We don't need positive evidence that Augustine didn't have laser vision. We just know from common sense that we need to trust the written evidence, and none else.
As for the last resort argument, the "CANON argument". Before using this silly argument, please just remember that the Jew living 50 years before Christ believed in the Pentateuch without any infallible magisterium telling him what to believe.
Catholics also need to understand that their canon was not infallibly defined until 1546, which undermines this argument.
Well, there's a simple defense of Sola Scriptura.
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