Bible Question: Some Protestants believe in the authority of the Bible alone. (Sola Sriptura). Where as Roman Catholics believe that Sripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium (church only is correct in Bible interpretation) of the church are equal in authority. Is their any scripture that backs up the protestant believe that the bible alone is sufficient, or for that matter, directly says that the Bible alone is sufficient? |
Bible Answer: CWT I ran across this a while back and I found it interesting: Christ commanded the Apostles to preach the Gospel. In keeping with the Lord's command, the Gospel was handed on in two ways: … in writing (Sacred Scripture) Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the message of salvation was committed to writing by the Apostles, and other men. … orally (Sacred Tradition) by the spoken word of their preaching, by the example they gave, by the institutions they established, the Apostles handed on what they themselves had received from Jesus' teaching and example and what they learned from the Holy Spirit. We must acknowledge that the books of Scripture firmly, faithfully, and without error teach that truth which God, for the sake of our salvation, wished to see confided to the Sacred Scriptures. But, it is important to remember that, the first generation of Christians did not yet have a written New Testament. And the New Testament itself demonstrates the process of living Tradition. In this living transmission of the Gospel called Tradition, the Church, in her doctrine, life and worship, perpetuates and transmits to every generation all that she herself is and all that she believes. The task of interpreting the Word of God (Scripture and Tradition) has been entrusted to the Bishops. It is the Magisterium's task to defend God's people from deviations and falseness of the Word. And also, to guarantee God’s people the verifiable possibility of professing the true faith, without error. Yet the Magisterium is not superior to the Word of God, but is its servant. The first 20 Ecumenical Councils, a gathering of all of the Catholic Bishops of the world - in communion with the Pope, were for the purpose of discussing, interpreting, confirming and regulating Catholic doctrine and discipline. The 21st Ecumenical Council: Vatican II, convened by Pope John XXIII, was with a unique purpose: not to evaluate Church doctrine, but to focus on ‘the manner in which the sacred doctrine is spread’ and ‘that the sacred deposit of Christian doctrine should be taught more effectively’ One of the first Councils of the Church is recorded in the Bible in Acts 15:2-29 in which the Bishops addressed the doctrinal issue of whether the Gentiles needed to be circumcised, as prescribed in the Old Testament Regards Brian |
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