Dear Protestants......The Bible being the sole rule of faith is found nowhere in the Bible itself, and since you can’t use any sources outside of the Bible (since it is the sole rule of faith), you are in somewhat of a difficult position. The Bible does, however, actually command the following of oral Tradition. Not to mention that 1 Timothy 3:15 says: “But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.” So the “pillar and ground of the truth” is not the Bible, but the Church. Our Lord Himself teaches the Apostles that we must submit to the authority of the Church: “And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican. Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.” -Matt. 18:17-18 ...+++
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 22:03:39 +0000
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