Comments on: The heresarchial hydra.

By: will

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:43:00 +0000

Not that I forget the apostasy of many in the evangelical church as it is the tendency of man to turn away from the precepts of god. However I do get annoyed when people say ours is the only One true church then I feel compelled to say “Really if your church is the only true church how come what you teach and practice is contrary to the word of god?”

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By: chrisgale

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:50:00 +0000

I agree about Sola Scriptura. What we do should conform to the bible.

However, a fair amount of the evangelical church, let alone the emerging church, are adding traditions. glosses and precedents that contradict scripture. Now, the Orthodox and Catholics love their tradition and also have blind spots.

However, they are blind in different places. We can correct our straying by looking at why they do things. Not always, but often enough.

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By: Chris

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 02:31:26 +0000

OH, yes. Everything should follow scripture. But they do not: the evangelicals are as bad as the Catholics when it comes to inventing traditions, and the emergent churches are some of the worst.

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By: will

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:51:00 +0000

Now there is a tradition we all agree on that is all practices and practices is to be based on what is written. Just as Jesus and all the new testament authors based their arguments on the scriptures.

If a proper priority is given to scripture over the (questionable) “Oral tradition” passed down from the apostles as they say many of the problems of the orthodox and catholic church will be solved. And even if they had their tradition passed down from apostles it will be consistent with the new testament and based on what is written in the old testament justified as it were from the tanakh.

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