PROTESTANTS COME HOME! The Christian world, as it stands at present, is divided into two great bodies in regard to this point. All, indeed, agree in this, that the holy scriptures, being dictated by the Holy Ghost, are truly the word of God, and therefore are infallibly true in what they teach, both as to what we are to believe, and as to what we are to do in order to be saved. But, as the divine truths contained in them cannot be known without understanding the true sense of these sacred writings; hence the great question arises, How is the true sense of the scripture to be known? One of the two great bodies of Christians, to with, the Protestants, affirm, that the true sense of the scriptures may be sufficiently known in all things necessary to salvation, by every man of sound judgment, who reads them with humility and attention; and, therefore, they hold, that the rule left by Jesus Christ to man for knowing what we are to believe, and what we are to do, in order to be saved is the written word alone, interpreted by every man of sound judgment. The other great body of Christians, namely, the Roman Catholics, affirm, that the true sense of the scriptures cannot be sufficiently known by any private interpretation, but only by the public authority of the church; and, therefore, they hold that the rule left us by Jesus Christ is the written word, as interpreted by the Church.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:12:47 +0000
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