Subject: Sola Scriptura supported by bible? |
Bible Note: Greetings! I'll have to find the actual lists, but I know that they were in substantial agreement. There were some minor differences, but more agreement than not and none of them were the same as the 1500 RCC list. Your argment though is that the church has the authority to decide which are canonical, so which would be more authoritative - the oldest canon or one which was drawn up 1500 years after the fact? You wrote: "You see, if the Bible is your God, it must be everything you want it to be. If Christ is your God, as long as it points to him, it's good enough." There are two major problems with these statements. First, the Bible isn't anyone's God. I believe that the Bible is God's self-revelation to us - nothing more and nothing less. As God's self-revelation, it is authorative in a way that other writtings are not. Secondly, not everything which points to Christ is factual. God-breathed writtings are not in error. That is why all of us make distinctions between valid writings and those which are not! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |