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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 18/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 18/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 18) Since each Protestant must admit that his or her interpretation is fallible, how can any Protestant in good…
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Second Response to Scott Windsor
Scott has posted a response (link to response) to my prior post (link to post). 1) Definition of Sola Scriptura Scott Windsor denies that there is any standard definition of Sola Scriptura. Then, he claims: “The problem we have is that TF didn’t provide us with the ‘standard definition,’ and left us to assume.” How…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 17/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 17/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 17) Who may authoritatively arbitrate between Christians who claim to be led by the Holy Spirit into mutually contradictory…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 16/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 16/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 16) If the meaning of the Bible is so clear—so easily interpreted—and if the Holy Spirit leads every Christian…
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Magisterium More Sufficient than Scripture? (Part 4)
[Cont’d from previous section] Is the Roman Catholic Magisterium More Sufficient than Sacred Scripture?Bryan Cross answered on the subject of the ability of the Scripture to interpret Scripture sufficiently, from Scripture, reason, and tradition. (Part 4) Caesarius of Arles (about A.D. 470-543) commenting on Rev. 22:10: Just as the divine Scriptures are sealed for those…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 15/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 15/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 15) If the books of the New Testament are “self-authenticating” through the ministry of the Holy Spirit to each…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 14/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 14/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 14) Most of the books of the New Testament were written to address very specific problems in the early…
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Meaning of Papal Descriptions
Here’s the challenge to Roman Catholics. State what the following expressions (I-IV) mean, preferably from some sort of authoritative source. Try to do so positively. (Please note, this post is a carry-over from a previous comment box discussion between Louis and Sean Patrick – I’ve slightly expanded on the original challenge there). I realize that…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 13/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 13/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 13) Where does the Bible claim to be the sole authority for Christians in matters of faith and morals?…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 12/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 12/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 12) How do we know, from the Bible alone, that the letters of St. Paul, who wrote to first…