It's not there. But how is that relevant? You are trying to ignore the point by distraction. It's generally called a "red herring."
Because that's not what Scripture says. "Full armor of God" is not a term that has been used in the doctrine of bibliology, and I don't think you have warrant to use it here.
How can "sola scriptura" be possible?
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My goodness, MrTumnus. I dont know how you can not be somewhat embarrased to be posting what you are posting now.
Whew.
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I strongly believed and desired to be were Christ’s Church is and Protestantism wasn’t working for me. I even tried forcing Orthodoxy into Protestantism, thinking I could practice Orthodoxy and be a Methodist. To do so was to distort Orthodoxy and force upon Orthodoxy something its not. So I left Protestantism for Orthodoxy, and as an episode of Seinfeld portrayed…”It’s not like changing toothpaste”.
I’ve been a Catechumen/Orthodox for a year now. I can honestly say I have found the true faith, rightly worshipping the undivided Trinity. Recently I visited home and my family and I visited the Baptist Church I grew up in that my parents are still members of. There was NO worship, maybe a little praise, but the preaching was nothing more than a “bible study”. What emptiness I felt and a reconfirming feeling that I did the right thing by waiting on God and He leading me to the Orthodox Faith.
You mention “community” and that’s a lot like Orthodoxy. Our Liturgy and our Creed unites us and keeps us in our community. When Communist Russia murdered millions of Russian Orthodox Christians, burned down Churches and confiscated bibles and icons, it was the Liturgy that was passed on from generation to generation that the communist couldn’t rid them of and what sustained the Russian Church to this day and unchangingly, the Russian Church is back.
Like the Hebrew people of the OT, we too are a family. We baptize our children and our children participates in the Eucharist…we do so as a family. We don’t ban our kids to the kids table; they eat with us at the big table.
May God lead you Andre.
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Show the classes where these two names appear in the OT. Even though the event is recorded in Exodus, but their names aren’t.
Same can be said with St. Jude quoting the Book of Enoch…Jude 14-15 cf. Enoch 1:9.
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--What tradition?
Is it Catholic tradition if I pick up a history book and find out what involvement the Catholics played (if any) in WWII, or is it history? Why must you call history, "tradition"? Sounds a bit ridiculous doesn't it? The apostles had numerous historical sources available to them, and many of them still exist today--mostly of Jewish descent. That is not 'tradition,' it is historical. And the Holy Spirit inspired it.
A full collection of the Jewish statements in regard to them may be found in Wetstein, in loc. They are
also mentioned by Pliny, Nat. Hist. xxx. 7; and by Numenius, the philosopher, as quoted by Eusebius,
ix. 8; and Origen, against Celsus, p. 199. See Wetstein. (Barnes)
Jude quoted from the Book of Enoch, a book extant at that time. The book itself is not inspired. But the Holy Spirit chose to inspire that part of the book which Jude quoted from.
In Titus chapter one, Paul quotes a Cretian philosopher. Does that mean that all Cretian philosophers are inspired? You can draw your own conclusions.
In his sermon on Mars Hill, Paul quotes a Greek poet. Does that mean that all Greek poetry is inspired? No, but it does mean that the portion of poetry quoted is part of the inspired Word of God. It has become inspired, just as the words of the Cretian philosopher have become inspired. If God inspires it, then it is true. No more need to be said. Tradition has nothing to do with; but the Holy Spirit certainly does. -
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Titus 1:12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
--What was the name of this prophet or philosopher? Does the lack of it invalidate the quote? Does the lack of the book that it is quoted from invalidate the quote? You are asking the same question.
Acts 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
--What was the poet's name? Does the lack of the poet, or even the book of poetry invalidate the quote or the Scripture? Not at all. So, why are you trying to discredit Scripture by the same way. There is no tradition involved here. It is simple history.
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If the Bible really is the infallible word of the living God, given to man, there is NO greater authority. God chose to leave the interpretation of His word to His children. Each one of them.
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