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To: MarkBsnr
"One of the things that we understand from Scripture and the examples of the Apostles is that fallible men can follow infallible God."

Another thing that we understand from Scripture is that fallible men can corrupt the Faith and fall away from an infallible God, so that argument isn't definitive support for any kind of 'Magisterium'.

So again, we are back to the underlying assumption that fallible men who have 'departed from the Faith' and are still part of 'the ultimate authority of the Magisterium' are either ultimately discovered or inconsequential to 'the Faith'.

Any news on how Scripture can only be authoritative where it assigns ultimate authority to 'the Magisterium' who then serve as the 'ultimate authority' for interpreting the rest of Scripture?

50 posted on 07/29/2011 8:48:01 AM PDT by GourmetDan (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: GourmetDan
Another thing that we understand from Scripture is that fallible men can corrupt the Faith and fall away from an infallible God, so that argument isn't definitive support for any kind of 'Magisterium'.

Take it up with Jesus who gave the fledgling Church the authority. That's all the argument that I need.

Any news on how Scripture can only be authoritative where it assigns ultimate authority to 'the Magisterium' who then serve as the 'ultimate authority' for interpreting the rest of Scripture?

The Church had the authority long before the NT was written and the Bible chosen. Your Bible is the product of the Church, not vice versa. You're welcome.

55 posted on 07/29/2011 10:18:20 AM PDT by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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