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NASB | 2 Thessalonians 2:15 So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Thessalonians 2:15 So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold [tightly] to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us. |
Subject: the Bible Alone |
Bible Note: I find if funny that fundamentalist “Bible Christians” continually appeal to the Reformers as if they themselves represent unalloyed Reformation Christianity. Luther, Calvin ‘and others’ were sacramentalist, baby-baptisers. Luther recited the Creeds, believed in ‘consubstantiation’, and held a high Mariology. Contemporary American fundamentalists would find more common ground with the Anabaptists whom Luther oversaw being drowned. Clearly, he felt this was some kind of physical pun regarding their wish to be fully immersed as adults. When he wasn’t writing books such as ‘On the Jews and Their Lies.’ I find it fairly sad that you can only identify with 16th-century Reformers who probably would have drowned any fundamentalists they could have got hold of, and some 19th-century Baptist icon. Talk about selective; if you choose to dismiss 2,000 years of Christian history then that's your loss. As for us, we High Anglicans particularly contend we 'own' the Ante-Nicene Fathers. Your Scripture selections are fairly dismal. The warning about adding or removing things in the Book of Revelation refers to tampering with the aforesaid text. Nor does Jesus stating 'Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away' teach anything that supports the "Bible Only" dogma. My quote which you mock "Whatever the Bible means, it is certainly referring to MORE INFORMATION." belonged with 2 Jn 12, which you you chose not to include: Having many things to write unto you, I would not [write] with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, THAT OUR JOY MAY BE FULL. John is not refering to what he will write on Patmos but to his oral teaching which will add some kind of completion to what he has already delivered. All you had to do was read the biblical quotation with a little care, at face value and in context. Robin |