tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36406045.post623154094309679427..comments2023-06-05T10:34:10.227-04:00Comments on Reformation500: The Great Martin LutherJohn Bugayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36406045.post-18087684768832258202010-08-14T08:45:05.611-04:002010-08-14T08:45:05.611-04:00Dear John,
Private interpretation of Scriptures ca...Dear John,<br />Private interpretation of Scriptures can be exceedingly harmful to self and others. This has divided Christianity into hundreds if not tens of thousands of segments. <br /><br />Too many individuals claim their position is right and are unwilling to freely discuss the position taken or to be submissive to moral authorities. <br /><br />Holding to a personal position, or one of Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940745178193985942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36406045.post-63099402484250145382010-08-14T00:04:03.200-04:002010-08-14T00:04:03.200-04:00Michael Gormley -- the document you cited, as from...Michael Gormley -- the document you cited, as from Damasus, is also known as the Decree of Gelasius, but it's not written by him, either, but was probably composed by an anonymous source in the sixth century.<br /><br />In truth, "the Roman Catholic Faith" was shaped by very many incidents such as this, in which a false or forged document is believed as genuine. The great Thomas John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36406045.post-38979185239166785872010-08-13T08:32:06.255-04:002010-08-13T08:32:06.255-04:00One example from ancient times of the Catholic Chu...One example from ancient times of the Catholic Church officially deciding which books belong in the Bible, I'll quote the second part of the DECREE of Pope Damasus I (r. 366-384). The document was a decree of the Council of Rome which met under Damasus' presidency in AD 382.<br /><br />The text of the DECREE as re the Scriptures was copied from page 406 of Volume 1 of THE FAITH OF THE Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940745178193985942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36406045.post-73543729980857639042010-08-13T06:00:55.046-04:002010-08-13T06:00:55.046-04:00First of all, you have not yet actually produced t...First of all, you have not yet actually produced the actual "doctrine of Sola Scriptura," which you then proclaim to be false. What actually is it that you say is "false"?<br /><br />Your statement, <i> Think of the Bible as a giant jigsaw puzzle with thousands of interlocking pieces. </i> is not representative of what Sola Scriptura actually is. In fact, this statement John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36406045.post-75935537476537520342010-08-13T02:01:42.322-04:002010-08-13T02:01:42.322-04:00Dear John,
Think of the Bible as a giant jigsaw pu...Dear John,<br />Think of the Bible as a giant jigsaw puzzle with thousands of interlocking pieces. Each piece is somewhere in the box but not necessarily touching the next piece to fit with it. <br /><br />You have to assemble the puzzle piece by piece by examining each piece to see where it fits. One piece fits nicely in Genesis while the piece next to it might be in Deuteronomy. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940745178193985942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36406045.post-76442854129486638222010-08-12T08:09:04.211-04:002010-08-12T08:09:04.211-04:00Michael Gormley -- I'm wondering if you can ac...Michael Gormley -- I'm wondering if you can actually state, in official terms, just what "the doctrine of Sola Scriptura" actually says.John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36406045.post-44152132272009333112010-08-12T07:04:19.371-04:002010-08-12T07:04:19.371-04:00THE FALSE DOCTRINE OF SOLA SCRIPTURE
The false do...<b>THE FALSE DOCTRINE OF SOLA SCRIPTURE</b><br /><br />The <b>false doctrine of Sola Scriptura</b>, first proclaimed by Martin Luther, created the <b>'everyone for himself'</b> syndrome for Bible interpretation. <br /><br />Each individual would claim, <b>'the Holy Spirit told me'</b>. <br /><br />This thinking flies into the face of what the Bible actually teaches, that Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940745178193985942noreply@blogger.com