Posted on 05/02/2012 11:03:12 AM PDT by Salvation
“”stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter” —St. Paul (2 Thess. 2:15).
This passage equates the authority of apostolic oral and written tradition (Scripture).
Yet other passages, like the one you cited, appear to contradict St. Paul.
Here is how the paradox is resolved:
http://www.catholic.com/tracts/scripture-and-tradition
Just downloaded this to my kindle.
http://ancientfaith.com/podcasts/eastwest
Here is a great lecture on tis great book.
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/
This is the link to Saint Athanasius writings. I got it from one of your earlier threads about the Saint.
Free down load. At least free to us as New Advent paid for the site & the electric bill.
I'm very sorry, friend. This first statement about Arianism being Christianity is simply false. Arius taught that Jesus was not co-eternal, but created at a finite point in chronos time. In Arius' own words, "There was a time when the Son was not." This contradicts the words of Christ, as recorded in the 8th chapter of the Gospel According to St. John, when he answered the Pharisees, "...before Adam was even born, I AM."
"The earliest Christians were not Trinitarians..."
Again, I'd point you to the Gospels, this time that of St. Matthew, 28:19, "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."
So, I offer to you the words of Jesus Christ on these matters.
And, by the way, the first known listing of the New Testament canon, in the familiar modern form, was in a letter written by +Athanasius around Pascha in the year 367. This took place between the 1st and 2nd Ecumenical Councils.
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