Spiderman
Veteran Member
Christians became a lot more divided and splintered into thousands of denominations after the printing press when everyone could have their own personal copy of the Bible.
The Bible has verses that say the opposite of what other verses say, leading people to opposite beliefs.
There has to be an authority outside of scripture to settle those disputes.
I was in a psych ward with a guy that ripped his eyes out because scripture told him to.
Scripture can be dangerous.
The early Church had councils to settle such disputes.
The first Christians were not Bible Christians.
The Bible is a confusing book that was never meant to be the sole rule of sacred Theology. Nothing in the Bible says to test everything to see if it lines up with scripture. The opposite is actually proven true (Acts 15).
If the Church councils aren't guided by the holy Spirit, I see there is a hopeless division that will never be healed. Certainly knowing scripture does not solve the problem.
The Bible has verses that say the opposite of what other verses say, leading people to opposite beliefs.
There has to be an authority outside of scripture to settle those disputes.
I was in a psych ward with a guy that ripped his eyes out because scripture told him to.
Scripture can be dangerous.
The early Church had councils to settle such disputes.
The first Christians were not Bible Christians.
The Bible is a confusing book that was never meant to be the sole rule of sacred Theology. Nothing in the Bible says to test everything to see if it lines up with scripture. The opposite is actually proven true (Acts 15).
If the Church councils aren't guided by the holy Spirit, I see there is a hopeless division that will never be healed. Certainly knowing scripture does not solve the problem.