Mr Spinkles
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I used to be a pretty run of the mill spiritually liberal Christian Protestant: I thought the Catholic Church was corrupt and its teachings strayed from the Bible--the TRUE source of the Christian religion (although I admit, I didn't believe it was all literally true word for word). Protestants (I thought) had the right idea by going straight to the source and not listening to some Big Bad Church! :149:
However, after going to a Catholic school for three years, my view has changed (well, a lot of views have changed, but let's not go there ). The fact of the matter is, the Christian religion started out as an oral tradition for a number of decades, and many writings came along much later. There were many different beliefs and takes on Jesus, his actions, his message, and theology. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were only a few of many early Christian writings....so which one were Christians going to beleive in, and more importantly, who was going to decide which scriptures to believe in? The answer: the Church. In other words, Christians--yes, even Protestants--have to have faith that the Church had divine guidance when choosing which scriptures to adopt as Canon....the true "source" of the Christian religion lies in the idea that the Christian Church is guided in its decisions by the Divine.
That is why I think Catholics have stronger arguments when it comes to Church/Biblical Authority. :jam:
This oughta be good....
However, after going to a Catholic school for three years, my view has changed (well, a lot of views have changed, but let's not go there ). The fact of the matter is, the Christian religion started out as an oral tradition for a number of decades, and many writings came along much later. There were many different beliefs and takes on Jesus, his actions, his message, and theology. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were only a few of many early Christian writings....so which one were Christians going to beleive in, and more importantly, who was going to decide which scriptures to believe in? The answer: the Church. In other words, Christians--yes, even Protestants--have to have faith that the Church had divine guidance when choosing which scriptures to adopt as Canon....the true "source" of the Christian religion lies in the idea that the Christian Church is guided in its decisions by the Divine.
That is why I think Catholics have stronger arguments when it comes to Church/Biblical Authority. :jam:
This oughta be good....