Sola scriptura

[JesusFan]

If G-d cannot be taken for his word, then why take the word of any man in his name? Apostolic succession claims the succession of the apostles, and the apostles were gifted w/ the same gift as the prophet (revelation). And gifts were granted the apostles for a time of building up the church to authenticate their office like the prophets.
I am not aware of any Scriptures suggesting the all-powerful Roman Catholic church is equal to the authority and power of G-d. Believe and be baptized for example or as Paul said, he was glad he had not baptized some of yous. That is, Paul was gifted to administer the institution of the word, but some believe and contradict the very teaching of Paul conveying to be baptized by the sole authority of the Roman Catholic church and submit to their offices of interpretation alone. And their interpretation of Scripture takes precedence over the clear passages of Scripture.

Needlessly said, this problem hadn't surfaced until the NT. Who would of ever of thought because the emperor of Rome called the churches to convene in Nicaea that Rome the message boy would claim authority over all churches through the emperor of Rome.

There is no new revelation, the gifts of the apostles have ceased w/ the closing of the canon. And not continued throughout the millenniums. Some Roman Catholics, well, Roman Catholics are as bad as Pentecostals. There is no new revelation only the office of illumination and the best illuminator of Scripture is Scripture, for the Chrisitan that entails Sola Scriptura and Christology.

Go home Roman Catholic fan boys. The embers of your church's faith in G-d have been replaced by the all-powerful Roman Catholic church. A church full of apostates by the principle of Sola Scriptura.

Throughout history especially concerning the teachings of Augustine the Catholic church has sided for and against Augustine. If the teachings of Augustine were for example biblical then the Roman Catholic church since it claims solidarity has leaned away from orthodoxy. No Prophet has ever contradicted a prior Prophet because no Prophet speaks of himself but is used an instrument (inspired) by G-d. And because G-d cannot contradict himself then no prophet can contradict a former prophet. The Roman Catholic church was a walking contradiction until abandoning the very standard by which its incoherent and contradictory theology was deemed apostate, appeal to the apostate Roman Catholics and then there are no contradictions by their standard of orthodoxy.

Rome Apostatized for good at Council of Trent, and when they assert papal decrees and church traditions equal to inspired canon of scriptures, they kicked the Holy Spirit out of His role of being the infallible interpreter to the very scriptures He inspired, to making Rome authority over bibles, same exact thing Mormons, Jw, Sda etc all do

 

[Tenchi]

Cathode, what is the purpose of your statements? They are simply declarative, offering no engagement with the responses your posts have received. Do you think your statements asserting Roman Catholic dogma will be at all persuasive to Baptists on a Baptist website? It seems to me very unlikely. So, then, why post what you have?

 

[Christforums]

Incorrect. Roman Catholics did not obtain their human traditions from the apostles.

Roman Catholics have not consistently maintained the same interpretations since they have added new traditions through the years and since different Roman Catholic men will contradict other Roman Catholics in their interpretations. Roman Catholicism is based on the wrong interpretations and on adding to the Scriptures doctrines of men.

And that would not pass the litmus test of the Prophets. No Prophet can contradict a former Prophet because G-d speaks through the Prophet and He would never contradict Himself.

 

[Christforums]

Rome Apostatized for good at Council of Trent, and when they assert papal decrees and church traditions equal to inspired canon of scriptures, they kicked the Holy Spirit out of His role of being the infallible interpreter to the very scriptures He inspired, to making Rome authority over bibles, same exact thing Mormons, Jw, Sda etc all do

I agree and conclude from personal engagements w/ Catholics that they are apostate. They do not want to be Christian they want to redefine Christian.

 

[JesusFan]

The measure of each book was each of the Fathers handing them down from the Apostles.
The Catholic Church used the line of Tradition in determining the Canon of Scripture. Which books had been continuously used in the Church from the Apostles.
It was a lineage of custody and use as handed down Father to father, Bishop to bishop.

There never was a 66 book Canon, the Canon was 73 books from the beginning in 382 ad when the first Bible was declared.

The canon of scripture closed off when John Died, and God never gave any other revelation/inspiration to us since then, period

 

[JesusFan]

And that would not pass the litmus test of the Prophets. No Prophet can contradict a former Prophet because G-d speaks through the Prophet and He would never contradict Himself.

Rome must have its church traditionals and papal dogmas and decrees, for if had only canon of scripture, its revealed as Apostate church

 

[Van]

Scripture alone means a person's understanding of scripture, because if is trustworthy and reliable, overrules human additions, deletions or alterations via interpretive doctrine such as a decree by a Pope, or creed or confession by church officials.

If a doctrine says the lost do not have the ability to seek Jesus, and scripture says many will seek Jesus, scripture overrules the doctrine.

If a doctrine says prayer to Mary, and scripture says pray to the Father, scripture overrules the doctrine.

If a doctrine says God must know everything imaginable, and scripture says God can remember no more, scripture overrules the doctrine.

Another facet of Scripture Alone is we are to believe what scripture explicitly says, not what scripture does not explicitly rule out. For example, say I claim God put invisible pink elephants in orbit around Mars. When questioned, I say God put everything in the heavens, and does not say God didn't put those elephants up there, so my claim is "biblical." Not according to Scripture Alone!