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Vincent of Lerins on "Development of Doctrine"
Sean Patrick, under the nick Blogahon, wrote: Unfortunately for Mr. Mathison, the blessed John Henry Newman was not the first to posit doctrine of the development of doctrine. St. Vincent Lerins wrote on it extensively in the fifth century. … Lastly, it is puzzling to always see Protestants kicking the development of doctrine, as if…
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Athanasius against Scripture's Formal Sufficiency?
Sean Patrick of the Roman Catholic Called to Communion blog recently alleged that the following quotation from Athanasius demonstrates that Athanasius did not hold to the formal sufficiency of Scripture (I provide Sean’s words as well with his quotation embedded): I invite you to read this letter as a good example in context. Note how…
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Athanasian Denial of Scripture's Formal Sufficiency?
Sean Patrick of the Called to Communion blog has been providing some responses in the comment box in an earlier post (SP was primarily using the nick “Blogahon”). SP has suggested that the following quotation from Athanasius negates the idea that Athanasius held to the formal sufficiency of Scripture. SP provides the quotation in this…