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NASB | Matthew 22:32 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 22:32 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living." [Ex 3:6] |
Subject: purgatory is it true? |
Bible Note: Joe, "What sola Scriptura means is not "just me and my Bible." It means that the traditions and teachings of the apostles and prophets are inscripturated in the Old and New Testaments, and they should be the church's sole guide to correctly discerning what the will of God is and in what the traditions of apostles actually consist." This is circular logic. If the traditions are all "inscripturated" then the only tradition is the bible and the bible is the only tradition. The fruit of Sola Scriptura is the almost infinite splintering of Chritianity that we see today. From Luther to the 20,000 or more denominations, "non-demoninations" and independents. Even Luther as time progressed recognized with dismay the religious anarchy that his well intentioned effort at reform based on the two solas had become after less than 10 years. And that was just the very beginning. He wrote in 1525 "There are as many sects and beliefs as there are heads. This fellow will have nothing to do with Baptism, another denies the Sacrament; a third believes that there is another world between this and the Last day. Some teach that Christ is not God; some say this, some say that. There is no rustic so rude but that, if he dreams or fancies anything, it must be the whisper of the Holy Spirit and he himself a prophet." and also "How many doctors have I made by preaching and writing! Now they say, Be off with you. Go off with you. Go to the devil. This it must be. When we preach they laugh...When we get angry and threaten them, they mock us and laugh up their sleeves." and "There is no smearer, but when he has heard a sermon or can read a chapter in German, makes a doctor of himslf and crowns his ass and convinces himself that he knows better than all who teach him." and "When we have heard or learned a few things about Holy Scripture, we think we are already doctors and have swallowed the Holy Ghost, feathers and all." Sola Scriptura can easily lead to the famous "Bondage of the Will" but it is the bondage of each man to his own will. You frequently mention medieval doctrines that are not found in tradition or scripture. I would submit Sola Scripura and Sola Fide as two prime examples of the same presented by Martin Luther at the end of the Middle Ages. Some Rennaisance! Thanks, I think I will pass on that. You work on your side of the aisle and I will work on mine. Maybe we will meet at the altar. Emmaus |