concretecamper
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yes, I should have looked up the verse. "Into" describes it better. The Holy Spirt therefore guarantees the.Church will not err in matters of faith and morals. Thank you for making my point more clear.What the verse actually says is that the Holy Spirit will guide the church into all truth.
The difference matters because the reply quoted above makes it seem as though every decision made by the church is infallible, but that modification doesn't work for two reasons: 1) the historic church has reversed itself on belief and practice many times, and 2) if the Holy Spirit "guides," he is directing the church towards something; it's not a matter of everything being infallibly correct at all times, in which case there wouldn't be a need for a guide.
Of the twenty or more best known Bible translations, both early ones and modern versions, almost every one translates it as guide into or, occasionally lead. One uses conduct. None has it saying that the Holy Spirit will make sure that every church decision will be correct.
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