Posted on 03/30/2015 8:34:08 AM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
If there was indeed a true Apostolic Succession, conveying truth from one bishop to another (like in Rome), the “Popes from Peter down to St. Elethesis in Rome would have not permitted the Revelation of Peter to be even near the other books that the Muratorian fragment lists.
This, ultimately, cuts through the clutter of arguments which you and others have levied here.
There is no Apostolic Succession conveying a so-called truth from one bishop to another in Rome, or in Alexandria (c. 300 A.D., - Clermont List which lists that the church in Alexandria had the Revelation of Peter within their canon of inspired scripture) or anywhere else.
If there was truth conveyed from peter on down, they would know if Peter wrote it. If he didn’t write it they would have know.
No escaping any of this...
You keep repeating this and and we keep asking you for proof that the Muratorian Fragment is an official Church document or has in anyway ever been approved in it's entirety by Rome, and you have provided none. If it makes you feel better to believe what you believe in spite of having no evidence to support it, you're free to do so.
It didn’t need to be approved
lol, thanks for playing.
Christ said, “if I say the truth, why do you not believe me?” It is the message that validates the messenger. It cannot be the other way around. Scripture does not get it’s authority from the messenger it gives authority to the messenger. Scripture also tells us to prove all things, hold fast that which is good. It would not say this if it were not possible.
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