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Since we are in Thessaloniki today, just a few miles from Berea (which I have visited a number of times), I thought I'd share my argument which turns the PROTEST-ant idea of "Sola Scriptura" on its head. You know, many Protestants appeal to the Bereans as proof of their false doctrine. Regarding the Bereans, it just ain't so.
St. Paul traveled through Thessaloniki and Berea in modern-day Greece (Macedonia). The account is recorded in Acts 17:1-15. Many Protestants consider the Bereans as proto-Protestants holding to a "Bible alone" theology. But they are sadly mistaken.
Here is my article "Why the Bereans Rejected Sola Scriptura" https://www.catholicconvert.com/documents/Bereans-and-Sola-Scriptura.pdf which was published in THIS ROCK Magazine a while ago.
When you read this article you will discover that the Bereans were actually Catholic in their view of Scripture, tradition and authority.
Since it was the Thessalonians who were more like the "Bible-alone" folks, I think all the Fudamentalist churches that call themselves "Berean Bible Church" should change their name to "Thessalonian Bible Church."
Were the Bereans “Bible Alone”? | Defenders of the Catholic Faith | Hosted by Stephen K. Ray
Since we are in Thessaloniki today, just a few miles from Berea (which I have visited a number of times), I thought I'd share my argument which turns the PROTEST-ant idea of "Sola Scriptura" on its head. You know, many Protestants appeal to the Bereans as proof of their false doctrine. Regarding the Bereans, it just ain't so.
St. Paul traveled through Thessaloniki and Berea in modern-day Greece (Macedonia). The account is recorded in Acts 17:1-15. Many Protestants consider the Bereans as proto-Protestants holding to a "Bible alone" theology. But they are sadly mistaken.
Here is my article "Why the Bereans Rejected Sola Scriptura" https://www.catholicconvert.com/documents/Bereans-and-Sola-Scriptura.pdf which was published in THIS ROCK Magazine a while ago.
When you read this article you will discover that the Bereans were actually Catholic in their view of Scripture, tradition and authority.
Since it was the Thessalonians who were more like the "Bible-alone" folks, I think all the Fudamentalist churches that call themselves "Berean Bible Church" should change their name to "Thessalonian Bible Church."
Were the Bereans “Bible Alone”? | Defenders of the Catholic Faith | Hosted by Stephen K. Ray