there is not much difference between

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there is not much difference between The Pope, LDS, those in cults, protestants, baptists and other no-traditional Christians. We all think our interpretations of the Scriptures are without error or at least that is how I see people responding online.
 

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there is not much difference between The Pope, LDS, those in cults, protestants, baptists and other no-traditional Christians. We all think our interpretations of the Scriptures are without error or at least that is how I see people responding online.

There is one difference.
The apostles (and so successors) were given the power to "bind and loose" which means give definitive judgement on matters of law and doctrine, which therefore includes the meaning of scripture which our Lords assures us are "bound in heaven"
That is the power that stops the church tradition (ie faith handed down) from drifting from truth.

So when you find who wields that power, to whom it was given, and to whom passed on, you also find who has the right meaning of scripture.

It is also why scripture says the "foundation of truth is the church". Which we know from OT means phyiscal church becaue it says "household of God", and that is also why scripture says "take disputes to the church".

The only question to ask is which church, which is the one throughout generations from the first christians has held the power to bind and loose. Look for the chain of succession.

Scripture also says "the gospel will be preached to the end of time". So it allows no period of apostasy. Or the idea, that someone in the 19th century has found what was lost millenia before. Our Lord repudiated that when he said "the gates of hell would not prevail against his church".
 
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We all think our interpretations of the Scriptures are without error or at least that is how I see people responding online.

That may be a feature of who responds online. A person who is very confident of their beliefs might be quick and loud in their responses to questions, while a person who wants to think things over and isn't sure that they're right might be slower to respond online.

I do encounter a number of people in my church who are aware that different people hold different interpretations of Scripture, and that it's hard to know who's right on some things, and that in light of our fallibility we should have humility toward ourselves and charity towards others. I think that's actually pretty common in Anglican thought, at least in the Episcopal church here in the US.
 
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This is the Anglican Forum. I do not understand what the OP is trying to say in relation to Anglicanism? :scratch:


I thought it was a catholic area. but, good discussion is worth the time to learn from others.
 
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