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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 9/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 9/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 9) On what authority, or on what principle, would we accept as Scripture books that we know were not…
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Necessity of Scripture Reading – Whitaker and the Fathers
William Whitaker: Nay, the fathers also confess, that a knowledge of, and acquaintance with, the scriptures is necessary for all Christians. Jerome in his commentary upon the Colossians, iii. 16, says: ” Hence we see that the laity ought to have not only a sufficient, but an abundant knowledge of the scriptures, and also to…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 8/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 8/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 8) How do we know who wrote the books that we call Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Hebrews, and…
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Magisterium More Sufficient than Scripture? (Part 3)
[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 3) Augustine (about A.D. 354-430): The divine scriptures, which have lifted us up from their earthly and human meaning to…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 7/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 7/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 7) Where in the Bible is God’s Word restricted only to what is written down? Simple Answer(s): Nowhere that…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 6/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 6/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 6) If the authors of the New Testament believed in sola Scriptura, why did they sometimes draw on oral…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 5/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 5/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 5) Some Protestants claim that St. Paul condemned all oral tradition (Col 2:8). If so, why does he tell…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 4/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 4/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 4) Some Protestants claim that Jesus condemned all oral tradition (e.g., Matt 15:3, 6; Mark 7:813). If so, why…
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Responding to K. Doran regarding Athanasius
In the comment box at Called to Communion (source), K. Doran responded to Andrew M. who had written: At Nicea, since we can find no record of theologians of that time arguing for the truth of the things Nicea taught based on an appeal to claims of ecclesiastical infallibility of de fide pronouncements, it is…
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Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 3/35
Steve Ray has a list of 35 loaded Questions for “Bible Christians” (quotation marks his)(link to the whole list). This is number 3/35. I’m trying to provide the answers in a common format, for easy reference. 3) Where in the New Testament do the apostles tell future generations that the Christian faith will be based…