Posted on 05/05/2015 8:14:00 AM PDT by Gamecock
I move that Irenaeus be named an honorary FR Protestant!
Of course.
If what is written in the Scriptures is not the source of our Faith then what is?
It is a complicated, two sided coin. If you believe in the authority of the scriptures alone, you tend to protect yourself from the Joseph Smiths and David Koresh’s of the world. On the other hand, if you believe modern men can claim the same authority, well, you open yourself up to the Joseph Smiths and David Koresh’s of the world.
I’m of the former camp, but believe that prayer is key, as well as studying the impressions and interpretations of scripture from other contemporary men (or relatively contemporary, e.g. C.S. Lewis) to possibly guide me or open my eyes to ideas that I had not thought of. I then read scripture - the only true authority - to see if what they say jibes with the word of God.
Who gets to decide which version of the Scriptures?
That’s an interesting question. The other day on TV I saw a program-—either on NatGeo or Smithsonian channel-—I forget which one. A gospel was found which strongly indicates that Jesus was married. The whole program was developed around that idea. Who gets to determine if that gospel is authentic or some gossip sheet written by a charlatan? I would think there are a sufficient number of scholars and historians around today which can determine which scriptures are valid and which are not.
What`s difficult?
2 Timothy 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Thy Word is Truth John 17:17
pretty simple
Who gets to decide which version of the Scriptures?
If in doubt start with the KJV then take it back to the earliest Greek, Aramaic or Hebrew manuscripts you have access to. Instead of complicating things I’ve found it actually simplifies scripture while bringing fresh insights.
A lie from the pit of Hell. Jesus was never married, why would you even consider such a thing.
When Satan quoted the Word of GOD to THE Word, Jesus, he wrested a promise of God and distorted it into an unqualified promise of protection. Interesting that he DIDN’T quote the verse just after:
“You will tread on the lion and the adder;
the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.”—Psalm 91:13
There’s a WHOLE LOT going on in that interaction between Jesus and the devil. At a minimum it shows us how Satan practices his Lie about the Father, manipulating the spoken and recorded word.
Who said I believed it was true? It was a program I saw on TV about a gospel that was found. I personally did not believe sufficient evidence was provided in that program to prove it. As for the four gospels accepted into the Bible, they are silent on the subject.
Besides the fact that the earliest version of that was from around 300?
The Scripture we have was out there and in wide use by local congregations far before that.
Stick around. There will be a lot of dissent in 5, 4, 3, 2.....
If "scripture" has been preserved and protected all this time, is is only (imo) the enemy using the latest weaponry to attempt to (once again) destroy God's Word
Before the mid 20th century, the only way man could attempt to do damage to God's Word was by killing human beings and burning books .... that was all that was available to fallable men ... and THAT never worked
The weaponry of today is more sinister and sublime, but essentially the same ... kill a messenger (slander, libel, trumped up, life wrecking charges, etc.) and burning (pseudo-intellectual argument, etc.) .. books
Solo scriptura is so simple and easy and satisfying.
**Who gets to decide which version of the Scriptures?**
Scripture was written from the years 50 AD until about 100 AD.
The canon of Scripture was compiled later. But the Scriptures were out there being read in the churches established by the Apostles, including Paul.
And if not, why not? Why would that one group of fallible men be entitled to establish for all time their reading of the nature of Christ as the correct one?
The first mass produced printed book was the Bible, a version based on the Latin edition from about 380 AD.. The Bible was printed at Mainz, Germany by Johannes Gutenberg from 1452 -1455..
The very early Church Fathers didn’t have any new scriptura to be sola.
And yet the appeal to Scripture and not tradition!
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