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Does not the Pope claim his authority from the Sacred Scriptures?He said we can use the bible to measure the bible. That would have to indicate complete faith in the men who canonized the bible.
Does not the Pope claim his authority from the Sacred Scriptures?
Do you think it is possible to be a follower of Christ without believing the Bible is 100% Gods word off of the simple fact that a person may not trust the intentions of human beings? Do you THINK the Bible is 100% the word of God or do you KNOW it’s 100% the word of God?The Bible is inspired by God. What does this mean?
Simply put - "What the Bible says, God says."
Some say that the Bible is inspired, but they are not comfortable saying that the Bible is the very words of God. They have some looser, stranger view of inspiration.
What the Bible says, God says. Can we give this a hearty "Amen"?
Perhaps consider this:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being 4 in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. (John 1:1-5)
Doesn't sound like a book (or a collection of writings) to me.
Does it say clearly in the Bible that the pope has authority or do we read between the lines to come to that conclusion? If we are reading between than that’s an opinion and far from infallible I would think.Good point, if the Bible is not infallible...what is the basis for the pope's authority?
Are you proving them wrong with your interpretation of scripture? If so then is it possible that you Cohen actually be wrong?I always prove those people wrong.
Test all things. Now with what exactly?God speaks to us through study of scripture as he also does through prayer and Christian meditation and his creation and many other ways we can hear God's very living voice (his Word, also incarnated as Jesus, a person) if only we choose to listen to him speak. Hearing the voice of God does not necessitate John being a type of Oracle of Delphi.
There are no contradictions. That’s a fact.Are you proving them wrong with your interpretation of scripture? If so then is it possible that you Cohen actually be wrong?
Does it say clearly in the Bible that the pope has authority or do we read between the lines to come to that conclusion? If we are reading between than that’s an opinion and far from infallible I would think.
No, that's impossible. Popes are bishops, and the office of bishop is mentioned in several New Testament books.Does not the Pope claim his authority from the Sacred Scriptures?
How do you know this for a fact?There are no contradictions. That’s a fact.
Test all things. Now with what exactly?
We can read the Great Gatsby and learn quite a lot about total depravity.I believe that God can use all sorts of things to draw people to seek him. But the Bible is uniquely God's infallible word and no other words can be described as such. We cannot read the Great Gatsby alone and discover how to be saved or how to live in a way pleasing to God.
Now could you kindly answer my question?
You mean He right?The Holy Spirit. That's what it's there for.
You mean He right?
Are you proving them wrong with your interpretation of scripture? If so then is it possible that you Cohen actually be wrong?
We have much to thank the Western church for to preserve the Words of God.If it does, you should acknowledge those people who preserved it. When Christianity was illegal in Rome, people who got caught in possession of handwritten copies of Paul's letters, for example, could be charged with a crime, imprisoned, even killed.
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