Subject: Sola Scriptura supported by bible? |
Bible Note: For someone who claims not to be a Roman Catholic, you certainly seem to be quite adept at putting forward the standard line on the Mother Church's authority. You wrote: "Maybe the dictionary doesn't capture the actual usage of the word, which isn't unusual, but the church never claimed that every belief within it's walls is true." I am sorry, but you are simply wrong here. What the RCC declares is that the pope, when making pronouncements ex cathedra, is INCAPABLE of error. Infallible for the RCC means just what the dictionary says it does. You wrote: "What it does claim is that when for whatever reason there needs to be a decision regarding doctrine, the decision that the church makes is the right one. It is the right one only because it is the decision of the church. This is the authority that Jesus gave to the church." Where do you find the authority given to the church to DEFINE the difference between right and wrong doctrine? That is the question you never seem to directly answer. You wrote: "Infallibility is more about being authoritative, then being correct. It is kind of like going to someone else's house. Maybe you think they do things wrong, but in their house, they are right, because it is their house." Again, are you honestly saying that God's revealed truth is not absolute, but we must believe what the RCC says, no matter how much it flies in the face of the will of God? --Joe! |