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To: spunkets

Without Tradition the Biblical canon is moot because that itself is a tradition. Besides, your reasoning would have been rejected by the early Christians.

Again, Protestantism is an unhistorical innovation.


141 posted on 01/24/2007 10:30:23 PM PST by Joseph DeMaistre (There's no such thing as relativism, only dogmatism of a different color)
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To: Joseph DeMaistre
"Without Tradition the Biblical canon is moot because that itself is a tradition."

No.

"Besides, your reasoning would have been rejected by the early Christians. "

Maybe, but that's irrelevant. As I said, democracy is not a valid logical operation. My reasoning is open for anyone to examine. Authority does not apply in the examination, nor does democracy, only the evidence and logic apply.

"Again, Protestantism is an unhistorical innovation."

Again? Innovation refers to technology. The primary evidence held by the Protestants, which is the word of God, is the same evidence held by the Catholic Church. Only evidence and logic apply to knowing and understanding God's word and the primary, fundamental evidence is contained within the Gospels. All of what can be seen in the world is evidence and it also applies. The proper words to use instead of innovation, are ignorance, hardness of heart, errors in logic, and unjustified creativity. Historically, those have been present in God's people from the beginning. I see no point in history where that changed. I do not see that any organization, including any Church has been immune to it either.

151 posted on 01/25/2007 12:23:07 AM PST by spunkets
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