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Revelation 22:19If any sort of theological position is to be proven using the Bible, then it must follow that the Bible has to teach that only the Bible is the source of theological truth. What would you say if someone said that Sola Scriptura is unbiblical?
I want to point out that Martin Luther didn't take a "Bible-only" approach to theology. There are five solas from the protestant reformation. The Bible simply is the highest authority, it doesn't mean there's no room for tradition.If any sort of theological position is to be proven using the Bible, then it must follow that the Bible has to teach that only the Bible is the source of theological truth. What would you say if someone said that Sola Scriptura is unbiblical?
I want to point out that Martin Luther didn't take a "Bible-only" approach to theology. There are five solas from the protestant reformation. The Bible simply is the highest authority, it doesn't mean there's no room for tradition.
If any sort of theological position is to be proven using the Bible, then it must follow that the Bible has to teach that only the Bible is the source of theological truth. What would you say if someone said that Sola Scriptura is unbiblical?
"(NIV 2 Timothy 4:3) For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear." It is a prediction of a situation like ours, and with so many people saying so many different things who can reasonably deny it. Notice that what this author says is not "People will not read the Bible" but "People will not put up with sound doctrine," however even the term 'Doctrine' is quite confused these days.If any sort of theological position is to be proven using the Bible, then it must follow that the Bible has to teach that only the Bible is the source of theological truth. What would you say if someone said that Sola Scriptura is unbiblical?
"a pillar and buttress of the truth."Okay but doesn't it follow that in order to have the Bible there needs to be an authority outside the BIble to determine what is considered the word of God? 1 Timothy 3:15 says that the Church is the pillar and foundation of truth and not the Bible.
Yes as cited in various places 'Sola Scriptora' is claimed in scripture, and authoritative authorship from Moses writing most of the Pentateuch to the gospels written by the apostles, the Divinely inspired letter and the Book of Revelation.
The Church Fathers reaffirmed this, and most of them believed in some sort of literal Genesis.
That is the problem Christianity faces juggling the books to try and make things fit today.
So you got that from the Bible?Okay but doesn't it follow that in order to have the Bible there needs to be an authority outside the BIble to determine what is considered the word of God? 1 Timothy 3:15 says that the Church is the pillar and foundation of truth and not the Bible.
Yes, solascriptura is not found in Scripture. It was not the practice of any Christians until the 16th century
Revelation 22:19
And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
There are other places. I recall another with Paul telling people not to add to or take away from anything he had written. It also makes logical sense where Peter says anyone who distorts scripture is bound for destruction, which logically means sola scriptura.
Revelation 22:19
And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
There are other places. I recall another with Paul telling people not to add to or take away from anything he had written. It also makes logical sense where Peter says anyone who distorts scripture is bound for destruction, which logically means sola scriptura.
Where is sola scriptura in the Bible?
If any sort of theological position is to be proven using the Bible, then it must follow that the Bible has to teach that only the Bible is the source of theological truth. What would you say if someone said that Sola Scriptura is unbiblical?
"a pillar and buttress of the truth."
So you got that from the Bible?
Revelation 22:19
And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
There are other places. I recall another with Paul telling people not to add to or take away from anything he had written. It also makes logical sense where Peter says anyone who distorts scripture is bound for destruction, which logically means sola scriptura.
Hmmm... What do you think about John chapter 14 verse 26 when Jesus says that the Holy Spirit would bring to the Apostle's remembrance all that he had said to them?Well, it is. There's a verse that says there would be more words than would be in scriptures. That, and god's Word is dictated-it's oral and passed on. He didn't mean literal words. We write things down for preservation. Most cultures pass down wisdom through oral tradition. Christianity isn't an exclusion.
John was referring to his book of Revelation, not the whole Bible, the books that got included in the bible Hadn't even been selected when he wrote that. Making your argument a rather ridiculous one!!