Your conclusion carries the bias that "law of the Lord" is necessarily confined to a written code. Nothing in scripture itself asserts that God's law is confined to a written code.
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This passage would also imply that the Bible is understandable. Blessed is the man who meditates on it!
The disagreement occasionally seen in Catholicism is on issues where the Church expressly allows differing opinions in good faith. By definition, it does not harm our communion.I don't think that Protestants disagree on the essentials. Here's an example of a basic confession which unites many protestants - Reforming Catholic Confession
Also, 99% of Protestants accept the Apostles' Creed. What's expressed in that Creed is, in my opinion, the absolute essentials. We are very united on these things. We're divided on other things but I would say that these are non-essential. But that's nothing unique to Protestants. Catholics are also very "divided" within Catholicism.
A good example of non-essential things. Baptism is essential. All agree to that. But mode of baptism? Psht. Who cares?
Confessions exist because they are very helpful. They don't add anything to Scripture. Rather, they draw out what is already implicit in Scripture. Confessions help unify the church and clarify doctrine. But confessions are not infallible. And they have no authority to add anything to the Bible.
The teaching of the magisterium, on the other hand, is taken to be infallible. They also add doctrines for acceptance that are not taught in Scripture. The difference between Catholicism and Reformed faith is not that one has confessions and the other does not. The difference is in how we view our confessions.
Non-essential items. You'll find these disagreements within Catholicism too.
Luther lamented it in later life saying " it is the greatest scandal" "there are now as many doctrine as heads"
It shouldn't be logically impossible if what you say is true.
If the Scriptures are not sufficiently clear then there must be some doctrines which are necessary and not clearly laid out in Scripture. Can you name any?
The disagreement occasionally seen in Catholicism is on issues where the Church expressly allows differing opinions in good faith. By definition, it does not harm our communion.
Comparing that to the real and substantive disagreements Protestants have with each other is simply intellectually dishonest.
In fact, St. Peter says the same thing: "In them there are some things hard to understand that the ignorant and unstable distort to their destruction, just as they do the other scriptures." (2 Pet. 3:16)
Nonsense. Total, unadulterated nonsense.
Whether or not I can is beside the point. The fact remains that any answer to that question you receive can be dismissed out of hand because it’s “not in the Bible”.It shouldn't be logically impossible if what you say is true.
If the Scriptures are not sufficiently clear then there must be some doctrines which are necessary and not clearly laid out in Scripture. Can you name any?
Nothing in scripture itself asserts that God's law is confined to a written code.
The disagreement occasionally seen in Catholicism is on issues where the Church expressly allows differing opinions in good faith. By definition, it does not harm our communion.
Comparing that to the real and substantive disagreements Protestants have with each other is simply intellectually dishonest.
The precise procedure of baptism, for instance.
Fair enough.Protestants don't disagree on essentials, Protestants just claim as essential things that aren't.
Whether or not I can is beside the point. The fact remains that any answer to that question you receive can be dismissed out of hand because it’s “not in the Bible”.
As a Catholic, that’s no barrier to me believing in something but I am a bit surprised that you seemingly can’t see the potential interpretive difficulty there.
Fair enough.
Can you name five things all Protestants believe in, agree upon and generally have never disputed.
Bear in mind, I’m asking you to vouch that no Protestants have ever disagreed with your ideas in good faith.
That issue isn’t doctrinal in the disagreements that it has caused.The current controversy among clergy in the RCC concerning how to deal with the homosexual issue is a very interesting one!
That issue isn’t doctrinal in the disagreements that it has caused.
As I am not a Protestant, it isn’t my place to demand they agree on something.You would have to identify a doctrine that Protestants regard as essential which is not clearly laid out in Scripture. You seem to admit that there is no such doctrine.
Already done. Apostles' Creed.As I am not a Protestant, it isn’t my place to demand they agree on something.
You’re so certain that there is no substantial doctrinal disagreement so why not name five doctrines that no Protestant ever or anywhere has disagrees with.
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