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God commands disobedience to his word

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    God's Word is not "outdated".

    Interesting that you say it's not clear which parts of the Old Testament we're supposed to follow, but then condemn anyone who does not adhere to the law.

    Also funny that you say it's not clear, but it's so clear to Christians.

    And which church might that be?

    Evidence?

    First of all, it didn't "belong" to the Catholic Church.

    Second, the Catholic Church was not always corrupt and heretical. In only became that way over time.
     
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    How so?
     
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    Poor hermeneutics

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    No he didn't
     
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    I've already proven solascriptura false. No sense in going in circles with you.

    Show me a shred of evidence that there was a Protestant church before the 16th century.

    Was Christ guiding his flock or not?

    “I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one...” (John 17:20)

    Solascriptura divided and split Christianity into thousands of pieces. It is a pathetic doctrine that destroys itself.

    Solascriptura is not taught in the Bible.

    The Bible has scripture verses that say the opposite of what others say leading people to opposite opinions.

    There has to be an authority outside of scripture to settle disputes.

    Matthew 18:17
    If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
     
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    Word" in Holy Scripture often refers to a proclaimed, oral teaching of prophets or apostles. What the prophets spoke was the word of God regardless of whether or not their utterances were recorded later as written Scripture. So for example, we read in Jeremiah:

    "For twenty-three years . . . the word of the Lord has come to me and I have spoken to you again and again . . . ‘But you did not listen to me,’ declares the Lord. . . . Therefore the Lord Almighty says this: ‘Because you have not listened to my words. . . .’" (Jer. 25:3, 7-8 [NIV]).

    This was the word of God even though some of it was not recorded in writing.


    How do you know that the church councils that approved of devotion to the saints weren't inspired by God and speaking and writing his word?

    Does scripture say God's word is limited to scripture?
     
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    Like the Galatic Republic? (Star wars Reference)

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    I've already proven God can command the opposite of his word and make exceptions to rules.

    Thou shalt not murder? What do you call killing unarmed women, children, and babies?
     
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    A Catholic believes the holy Spirit guides church councils to settle disputes on faith and morals. How do you know that they aren't guided?

    Protestant Churches are founded by men (with an unbiblical basis.).

    Catholics believe Jesus set up a visible authority guided by the holy spirit to settle disputes on faith and morals. The Bible is a Catholic book.

    I'm not asking you to be Catholic but see where Catholics are coming from and don't be hostile to their faith and practices.
     
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    No, actually, you haven't. You've just claimed the Biblical praxis of sola scriptura is false. You haven't shown any evidence that it's false, nor explained why the Bible supports it or why the ECFs, whom those in your cult insist are on a par with scripture, itself, affirmed the BIblical praxis of sola scriptura.

    Of course. That's why there was remnant.

    Sorry you feel that way.

    Here you go, champ:

    2nd Kings 22:10-13 - "And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not harkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us."

    2nd Timothy 3:16-17 - "All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for Doctrine, for Reproof, for Correction, for Instruction in Righteousness; that the man of God may be thoroughly Furnished unto all good works."

    Matthew 4:3-4 - "And when the tempter came to Him, he said, if Thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."

    Matthew 4:5-11 - Then the Devil taketh Him up into the Holy City, and setteth Him on a pinnacle of the Temple, and saith unto Him, if Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down; for it is written, He shall give His angels charge concerning Thee, and in their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest at any time Thou dash Thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is Written Again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."

    Matthew 4:8 - "Again, the Devil taketh Him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and saith unto Him, all these things will I give Thee, if Thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan; for it is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve."

    Matthew 21:42 - "Jesus said unto them, did ye never read in the scriptures, the Stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner; this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our Eyes!"

    Revelation 22:18-19 -"For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."

    Proverbs 30:5-6 - "Every word of God is pure, He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him. add thou not unto His words, lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a Liar!"

    Matthew 12:3-5 -"but He said unto them, have ye not read what David did when he was an hungered, and they that were with Him?"

    Matthew 19:4-5 "And He answered and said unto them, have ye not read that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, for this reason shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh."

    Matthew 22:31-32 - "But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God saying, I AM the God of Abraham, Isaac, and the God of Jacob. God is not the God of the dead, but of the Living."

    Luke 10:26 - "He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?"

    Matthew 22:29 -"..Ye do ERR, not knowing THE SCRIPTURES, nor the Power of God!"

    Matthew 26:24 -"The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born".

    John 5:39 - "Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life, and they are they which testify of me."

    Cont...
     
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    And since we know how much you guys love he ECFs...

    Augustine of Hippo: "This Mediator (Jesus Christ), having spoken what He judged sufficient first by the prophets, then by His own lips, and afterwards by the apostles, has besides produced the scripture which is called canonical, which has Paramount Authority, and to which we yield assent in all matters of which we ought not to be ignorant, and yet cannot know of ourselves." (Augustine of Hippo, City of God, Book 11, Chapter 3)

    Cyril of Jerusalem: This seal have thou ever on thy mind; which now by way of summary has been touched on in its heads, and if the Lord grant, shall hereafter be set forth according to our power, with Scripture-proofs. For concerning the divine and sacred Mysteries of the Faith, we ought not to deliver even the most casual remark without the Holy Scriptures: nor be drawn aside by mere probabilities and the artifices of argument. Do not then believe me because I tell thee these things, unless thou receive from the Holy Scriptures the proof of what is set forth: for this salvation, which is of our faith, is not by ingenious reasonings, but by proof from the Holy Scriptures (A Library of the Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church (Oxford: Parker, 1845), The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril 4.17).

    Gregory of Nyssa: "The generality of men still fluctuate in their opinions about this, which are as erroneous as they are numerous. As for ourselves, if the Gentile philosophy, which deals methodically with all these points, were really adequate for a demonstration, it would certainly be superfluous to add a discussion on the soul to those speculations, but while the latter proceeded, on the subject of the soul, as far in the direction of supposed consequences as the thinker pleased, we are not entitled to such license, I mean that of affirming what we please; we make the Holy Scriptures the rule and the measure of every tenet (dogma); we necessarily fix our eyes upon that, and approve that alone which may be made to harmonize with the intention of those writings." (Philip Schaff and Henry Wace, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (Peabody: Hendrikson, 1995), Second Series: Volume V, Philosophical Works, On the Soul And the Resurrection, p. 439).

    Gregory of Nyssa: “Let the inspired Scriptures then be our umpire, and the vote of truth will be given to those whose dogmas are found to agree with the Divine words.” (On the Holy Trinity NPNF, p. 327)

    [Again, the final court of arbitration is the Scriptures, not the church. Respect is always given to the ecclesiastical authority and tradition by the early church, but Scriptures hold a unique place of authority.]

    Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea: "Enjoying as you do the consolation of the Holy Scriptures, you stand in need neither of my assistance nor of that of anybody else to help you comprehend your duty. You have the all-sufficient counsel and guidance of the Holy Spirit to lead you to what is right" (Philip Schaff and Henry Wace, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (Peabody: Hendrikson, 1995), Second Series: Volume VIII, Basil: Letters and Select Works, Letter CCLXXXIII, p. 312).

    Basil the Great: “We are not content simply because this is the tradition of the Fathers. What is important is that the Fathers followed the meaning of the Scripture.” (On the Holy Spirit, 7.16)

    [This sounds a lot like Martin Luther at Worms. While we respect the tradition of the Fathers, they don’t bring contentment unless they followed the Scriptures.]

    Augustine: This Mediator: [Jesus Christ], having spoken what He judged sufficient first by the prophets, then by His own lips, and afterwards by the apostles, has besides produced the Scripture which is called canonical, which has paramount authority, and to which we yield assent in all matters of which we ought not to be ignorant, and yet cannot know of ourselves. (City of God, book XI, Chapter 3, )

    Augustine: Better far that I should read with certainty and persuasion of its truth the Holy Scripture, placed on the highest (even the heavenly) pinnacle of authority, and should, without questioning the trustworthiness of its statements, learn from it that men have been either, commended, or corrected, or condemned, than that, through fear of believing that by men, who, though of most praiseworthy excellence, were no more than men, actions deserving rebuke might sometimes be done, I should admit suspicions affecting the trustworthiness of the whole “oracles of God.” (Letters of St. Augustine, Letter 82.2.5)

    Augustine: “Many false Christs and false prophets shall arise, and shall do many signs and wonders, that they may deceive, if it were possible, the very elect: behold, I have told you before.” This shows that the established authority of Scripture must outweigh every other; for it derives new confirmation from the progress of events which happen, as Scripture proves, in fulfillment of the predictions made so long before their occurrence. (Reply to Faustus the Manichaean 13.5)

    Augustine: “Neither dare one agree with catholic bishops if by chance they err in anything, but the result that their opinion is against the canonical Scriptures of God.” (De unitate ecclesiae, 10)

    Irenaeus: “We have learned from none others the plan of our salvation, than from those through whom the gospel has come down to us, which they did at one time proclaim in public, and, at a later period, by the will of God, handed down to us in the Scriptures, to be the ground and pillar of our faith.” (Against Heresies 3.1.1)

    [Please note how Irenaeus equates the traditions with the Scriptures. They proclaimed the truth at first (unwritten tradition), and “at a later period” handed it down “in the Scriptures” which is now the “ground and pillar of our faith.” Sounds very Protestant.]

    Clement of Alexandria: “But those who are ready to toil in the most excellent pursuits, will not desist from the search after truth, till they get the demonstration from the Scriptures themselves.” (The Stromata, 7:16)

    [Notice the final court of appeal is the Scriptures, not the church. The “those” who are encouraged to toil in the most excellent pursuits do not refer to the church ecclesiastical authority, but to all people. All people are encouraged here to search for truth and find it finally in the Scriptures.]

    Athanasius: “The holy and inspired Scriptures are fully sufficient for the proclamation of the truth.” (Against the Heathen, 1:3 )

    [This speaks to the vital doctrine of the sufficiency of Scripture that we dealt with earlier. The Scriptures being “fully sufficient,” is simply a seed form of sola Scriptura.]

    Ambrose: “For how can we adopt those things which we do not find in the holy Scriptures?” (On the Duties of the Clergy, 1:23:102)

    Evidence?

    First, I guess the hypocrisy of appealing to scripture to try to disprove the Biblical praxis of sola scriptura never occurred to you.

    Second, how is this supposed to disprove the Biblical praxis of sola scriptura? The whole point of a Biblical praxis, such as sola scriptura, is that somebody has to practice it.

    But even an authority outside of scripture, in this case, the Church, must be guided by scripture.
     
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    The Catholic Church is more like Mos Eisley in Star Wars. As Obi Wan Kenobi said, "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy".

    For the record, I know absolutely nothing about Star Wars, other than that everything after the first two are terrible. But Ben Shapiro likes to make that reference on his radio show.
     
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    Thank you for that thoughtful and scholarly rebuttal.
     
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    Context is King! If you are going to talk about something you should be careful to actually know what you are talking about.
     
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    Oh! A Mary worshiper.
     
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    In another thread, he insisted he isn't Catholic, but he clearly holds to Catholic teaching about the "communion of the saints", sola fide, and sola scriptura. He's making the same arguments, using the same talking points, and telling the same lies about Protestants that Catholics do.

    Clearly, he was not telling the truth when he said he's not Catholic.

    The only thing missing is the "30,000 denominations" lie.
     
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    Its true, Catholics will take All Sinners.

    Worst of the Worst.


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    Actually, I was talking about the corruption and numerous heresies within the Catholic Church.
     
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    Name one with the date challenged by the true church.
     
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    Every time a heresy popped up there was uproar of some kind between the ones claiming and doing it.

    Even from the smallest heretical groups.


    List of Christian heresies - Wikipedia



    I would love to hear about these Christians upset with these new heretics called catholics showing up
     
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