Subject: Sola Scriptura supported by bible? |
Bible Note: Hank, I do not attack the authority of the bible, but I do contend that there is synergy between the bible and the traditions. The bible came out of the traditions and the traditions out of the bible. One is not subordinate to the other. I believe the traditions are necessary for a proper understanding of scripture and to protect against us unwittingly applying our own bias to the interpretation of scripture. Like it or not, you have your own traditions, built on the doctrines of the reformists and their successors. Just to make my position clear, questioning sola scriptura is not questioning the authority of the bible, simply your interpretation of what scripture says on this issue. Your stand, by implication claims that after establishing his church, God allowed it to be misled for fourteen centuries. I find this reasoning dubious at the very least and in direct opposition to what Christ said of the church. |