Comments on: Why scripture alone.

By: Tweets from a dying church. | Dark Brightness

Fri, 23 Oct 2015 23:05:07 +0000

[…] I am repeating myself here: if we do not preach the gospel, if we do not conform with scripture and deem it as the inspired word of God, we have no authority, and we will not be heard. […]

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By: bike bubba

Thu, 22 Oct 2015 15:07:12 +0000

In a nutshell, from the Apostles and Prophets, Paul, with the affirmation of the early church and others. It was authenticated by their holy lives, often including miracles.

When one looks at the books excluded from the canon, most of which we have in whole or part, you will find issues with their authorship, authenticity, and conformity with the books of Scripture.

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By: Chris Gale

Thu, 22 Oct 2015 02:48:30 +0000

The correct answer to that is scripture. To quote Paul “All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in Righteousness”. The Apostles referenced each other and alluded to each other: the gospels are canonical, and all the Apostles quoted the Old Testament. That is why in the main text the comment about Peter referring to Paul is there. By the end of the first century the church fathers had a list of books that were licit and ones that lacked authority: by the end of the second century there was a consensus.

The Dan Brown conspiracy ideas do not hold up, since we have most of the writings of the church fathers available.

For the Old Testament: the definitive list was put together withe the Septuagent (LXX) was translated.

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By: Paul Timo

Wed, 21 Oct 2015 23:46:23 +0000

From where do you get your “authoritative scripture”? Who has the authority to decide what is scripture and what isn’t?

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