tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771009444113723863.post7315238818980486233..comments2024-03-21T10:33:24.876-07:00Comments on Articuli Fidei: More 'food for thought'...David Waltzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17966083488813749052noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771009444113723863.post-38731172919251704252017-11-02T13:15:33.630-07:002017-11-02T13:15:33.630-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sean Killackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12629895352944360934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771009444113723863.post-26661325167686546172017-11-02T10:18:13.310-07:002017-11-02T10:18:13.310-07:00Hi Jensen,
Thanks much for taking the time to sha...Hi Jensen,<br /><br />Thanks much for taking the time to share some of your thoughts; I particularly found the following to be spot-on:<br /><br />==I think that the protestant use of history and tradition is a bit problematic for their own perspective, and a bit ad hoc to qualify 'heresy is disagreement with the historic position of Christianity AS UNDERSTOOD FROM A PROTESTANT VIEW' why care about history anyway if sola scriptura? I think some protestants want it both ways, and use tradition as a taxi-cab, using it to make a point, but getting off where it clashes with their views. <br /><br />I guess they use it to support what they think the Bible by itself means, but then it becomes redundant, in fact epiphenomenal to the argument they give. The Bible doesn't say X because the Church has said that for centuries, right? If the Bible says X, you can deduce that apart from what others have said over the centuries. <br /><br />But many protestants use tradition to show what the Bible says, which seems to imply that tradition is a reliable guide in theology - so why not ride it all the way and become Orthodox or Catholic? It seems only a milquetoast appeal to traditional, as trivially true but ultimately irrelevant, is all the protestant qua protestant can hope fore.==<br /><br />From the very beginning of this blog—at the bottom of the right sidebar—I have provided a selection from A.N.S. Lane's informative essay, "Scripture, Tradition and Church: An Historical Survey". Much of what you wrote above is historically confirmed by Lane. If you have not read his entire essay, I highly suggest that you do so. A PDF copy can be accessed online via <a href="https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/vox/vol09/scripture_lane.pdf" rel="nofollow">THIS LINK</a>.<br /><br /><br />Grace and peace,<br /><br />David<br />David Waltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04577758667034909467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3771009444113723863.post-7357724563717653632017-10-31T15:10:40.327-07:002017-10-31T15:10:40.327-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sean Killackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12629895352944360934noreply@blogger.com