Scripture cannot be the sole arbiter of what makes a Christian

[Michie]

God knew what he was doing when He founded the Catholic Church.

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[Michie]

The Church was up and running.

The Catholic Church recognized the obvious fact that the Church was up and running sometime before she had any authorative writings. She also knows God knew what He was doing. Evangelicals like this writer must think God left the Church to flounder on her own until someone started writing books.

The Second Vatican Council's statement Dei verbum explains what God was doing. He made sure "that what He had revealed for the salvation of all nations would abide perpetually in its full integrity and be handed on to all generations." He did this through the Church Jesus founded.

God knew what he was doing when He founded the Catholic Church.

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[Mary7]

Interesting article. But should not tradition be upheld by Scripture?

 

[Tutorman]

Scripture itself comes from Tradition

 

[Mary7]

Scripture itself comes from Tradition

Yes, I know that but I am saying the tradition itself must not be opposed to scripture

 

[Michie]

It isn't. Tradition and Scripture go together.

Yes, I know that but I am saying the tradition itself must not be opposed to scripture

 

[Michie]

Scripture and Tradition | Catholic Answers

 

[Glaucus]

Scripture tells us who Jesus is and gives us instruction. Even the demons know who Jesus is, and even the unbelievers can read the Scriptures. That doesn't make one a Christian, and it doesn't give one a relationship with God. Prayer and Liturgy and the Eucharist makes us Christian and gives us communion with God. Until I began to pray the Jesus Prayer without ceasing and to read and learn about such prayer, I was left hungering and thirsting for God. It is through prayer that I know God and I know that I'm a Christian. My prayer life, far more than Scripture, is what guides me in knowing God and living out his will.