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To: circlecity

Given that the Bible didn’t exist in its canonical form until centuries after the death of Christ (and even then, most Protestant Bibles nowadays lack certain books that were present throughout Christendom for over a milennium), how would Sola Scriptura work out logistically amongst the illiterate and those whose only access to the Word of God was through the teaching of others?


191 posted on 03/29/2018 8:23:34 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst.)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Given that the cannoncical bible existed from the moment it was written i’d Say you don’t have a clue what you are talking about.


193 posted on 03/29/2018 8:55:06 PM PDT by circlecity
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...those whose only access to the Word of God was through the teaching of others?

Well; I would hope that those 'teachers' would actually use the TEXTBOOK and not some extra text like; let's say; the Fifteen Promises of Mary.

206 posted on 03/30/2018 4:46:20 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
... how would Sola Scriptura work out logistically amongst the illiterate and those whose only access to the Word of God was through the teaching of others?

Well; I do believe there is a MODEL of that very thing; found (guess where) in the Bible:

Acts 8:26-40 English Standard Version (ESV)

26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south[a] to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. 27 And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship 28 and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29 And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” 30 So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31 And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 32 Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this:

“Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter
    and like a lamb before its shearer is silent,
    so he opens not his mouth.
33 In his humiliation justice was denied him.
    Who can describe his generation?
For his life is taken away from the earth.”

34 And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. 


207 posted on 03/30/2018 4:51:09 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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