Nine months ago, one of my dear Protestant friends spoke to me in the parking lot of Walmart, on a brutally cold afternoon after having returned from morning Mass and First Communion Catechism class for one of my children, and asserted that he had performed the research, acquired translations and
CERTAINTY, noun 1. A fixed or real state; truth; fact. 2. Full assurance of mind; exemption from doubt. - Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary The word certainty is absolute when used in relation to truth itself. Things that are true are certain in the objective sense. Individuals who are
In Mark Bullen's article, "On the proper usage of Early Church writings", he forms a theological framework that is methodological circularity. He criticizes the Mennonites for selectively appealing to the Church Fathers wherever the Fathers appear to support their interpretation of Scripture, yet he openly employs
A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, avoid. Knowing that he, that is such an one, is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned by his own judgement. Titus 3:10-11 This term "heretic" and "heresy" is one widely used in today'
Since this is the case, in order that the truth may be adjudged to belong to us, "as many as walk according to the rule," which the church has handed down from the apostles, the apostles from Christ, and Christ from God, the reason of our position is
Come now, you who would indulge a better curiosity, if you would apply it to the business of your salvation, run over the apostolic churches, in which the very thrones of the apostles are still pre-eminent in their places, in which their own authentic writings are read, uttering the voice
Mark Bullen, self-appointed Pastor and "Bishop" of Living Faith Christian Fellowship recently spent time rewriting his "Doctrinal Study Guide" for "Apostolic Faith & Biblical Christian Living", now calling it "Foundation Stones for Apostolic Faith & Biblical Christian Living". Besides expanding it, making
ANNOTATIONS. Chap. XV. 1. Appointed.) The way to end dissension in religion, is to commit it to a Council. We learn by this example, what is to be done when any controversy ariseth in religion between the teachers or other Christian people. We see it is not enough to contend
Sola Scriptura collapses into Sola Spiritu, which collapses into Sola Ego.
I once held with absolute confidence that Scripture alone was the perfect, self-sufficient rule of faith. It seemed noble: God had spoken, the words were written, and nothing else could bind the conscience. But the more carefully I examined what that claim entailed, the more I discovered fault lines beneath
Prologue Many who profess sola scriptura sincerely wish to exalt the Word of God above human tradition. They fear that any living authority might obscure the sufficiency of Scripture or enslave conscience to men. Yet when one rejects all visible, infallible interpretation, the result is not divine liberty but human