TaylorSexton
1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith
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Your quote from the Council of Carthage means nothing.
Of course not, because it's damaging to your views.
We can keep quoting Church Fathers, but in the end it is pointless, because our ultimate authority is Scripture, not the Fathers. This is the entire protest of the Protestants. In the end, it doesn't matter what any Father says; all that matters is what Scripture says, and you have provided nothing from Scripture that proves your case, which is why you have had to argue in circles, finding Rome in every passage when, in reality, it is light years away.
We can both appeal to history all we want, but it is no help, because, despite your deluded assertions that Rome is somehow perfectly unified in doctrine (despite centuries of historical evidence to the contrary), we can both find historic theologians who agree with either position. That should be no surprise. That is why I, once again, appeal ultimately to Scripture, the only true source of unified, infallible doctrine. And, frankly, it pleases me that you have only your tradition to lean on when defending your theology.
Who should we believe, those chosen as successors of the apostles, or you?
Neither, because they are both entirely fallible. We believe the Word which God breathed from his very mouth. You can keep your tradition, I will hold to Scripture.
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