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    Debate between Eric Svendsen & Fr. Mitch Pacwa

    This debate should be informative. It seems that both participants know how to articulate their positions well.
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    I've reached a conclusion on my extensive studies of the Church

    A good place to start is how you define "apostolic roots and history."
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    What does the BIBLE say is the PILLAR and BULWARK of truth?

    You're citing evidence that is irrelevant to the discussion and that I've already given a response to. Unless you have something more to offer than requoting some material, there's not much to say in response.
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    Division is not a problem of Protestantism--it's a problem of Christianity

    I agree that it is more complicated than how I phrased it. I also agree with what you say here. I apologize if I was unclear before, but I was merely commenting on what the average lay-person perceives to be the case, not what I believe to be true.
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    What does the BIBLE say is the PILLAR and BULWARK of truth?

    It's a reasonable term given how it's defined by lay-Catholic apologists when they refer to "thousands and thousands of Protestant denominations" in discussions on unity. If you don't like us calling your denomination a denomination, encourage your fellow apologists to stop comparing the unity...
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    What does the BIBLE say is the PILLAR and BULWARK of truth?

    As with your other posts in this thread, I ask the same question--where is the substance? Now that you're changing the topic, are you going to provide some arguments and evidence to support these assertions? Or should we expect, as before, someone else to take up your gratuitous assertions...
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    What does the BIBLE say is the PILLAR and BULWARK of truth?

    More of the same abuse with no interaction with my previous arguments means less interaction from me.
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    What does the BIBLE say is the PILLAR and BULWARK of truth?

    As with your posts on the CARM boards, this penchant for abusing Protestant scholarship continues. The classical Protestant position on authority and Scripture does not deny what Schaff documents regarding the fathers. Of course the best interpretation of the Scriptures is to be found in the...
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    following Scripture is sufficient to be ancient and apostolic

    No, it isn't. But who was suggesting otherwise?
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    What does the BIBLE say is the PILLAR and BULWARK of truth?

    Let's assume that what you wrote regarding private interpretation and Tertullian is correct. What does that have to do with what I quoted from him about apostolic succession? And how about the majority of your comment--simple historical facts available to most people that have no relevance to...
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    What does the BIBLE say is the PILLAR and BULWARK of truth?

    Tertullian says you don't need to be a successor of the apostles or their bishops to be apostolic. That's not what you said, even if you do try to impress us by making refernce to him with a fancy name and fancy Latin. What's telling is how you continue to assert assumptions not held by both...
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    following Scripture is sufficient to be ancient and apostolic

    To be apostolic a believer need only follow the Word and its commands. This is really a matter of definitions. To be grounded in apostolic teachings a believer merely needs to understand and follow those teachings. If this cannot be granted, good reasons must be forwarded to the contrary. As...
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    What does the BIBLE say is the PILLAR and BULWARK of truth?

    No offense, but where? Your statements are about the same as Darklord's stock phrases--you provide no arguments, just statements. What do you mean by trace? Do you mean "trace" as Tertullian defines it, whereby he says any Christian who obeys the Scriptures can be considered ancient? Or are...
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    What does the BIBLE say is the PILLAR and BULWARK of truth?

    I'm saying that agreeing that the church is the pillar and foundation of the truth does not equate to accepting the claims of the Catholic denomination regarding its authority. Yes, the stock phrases of the lay-Catholic apologist. Unfortunately, more substance is required in order to give...
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    What does the BIBLE say is the PILLAR and BULWARK of truth?

    Sure. But to then suggest we need the Catholic denomiation as that foundation and interpretive body, as it defines those terms, is a completely different argument.
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