[mike182d]

It amazes me how some people existing 2000 years after the death and resurrection of Christ feel that their opinion on what really happened is somehow more accurate than the opinion of those who lived and lead the Church through the first couple centuries. I mean, how can you legitimately argue against the Church Fathers?

Very excellent post, NYer.

[okokie]

I mean, how can you legitimately argue against the Church Fathers?

They argue against the church fathers because of PRIDE...

[murphE]

It amazes me how some people existing 2000 years after the death and resurrection of Christ feel that their opinion on what really happened is somehow more accurate than the opinion of those who lived and lead the Church through the first couple centuries. I mean, how can you legitimately argue against the Church Fathers?

What Fathers of the Church? You mean those cavemen with their archaic thinking? Pul-lease! Don't you know we are so much more enlightened now, so much more evolved! [sarcasm]

[FatherofFive]

"I mean, how can you legitimately argue against the Church Fathers?"

One other passage I like to use is from from John 21:21-24 “Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you. And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

There was one other time in the Bible that God breathed on man - when God breathed life into Adam. This was something very special. Christ was creating his priesthood, and clearly giving this priesthood special gifts. These gifts could not have been intended to die with the Apostles, unless Christ was planning a very quick return.

[Conservative til I die]

I mean, how can you legitimately argue against the Church Fathers?

Easy, you make up a doctrine that says "Bible Only" and simply exclude everything else as unusable.

Infantile, but apparently it works for some.