Scripture and the Authority of GodAbout The BookPoetry
St. Clement of Alexandria receives the voice of God who has given the Scriptures, as a reliable proof (Strom., ii). C. According to Ecclesiastical Documents Not to multiply patristic testimony for the Divine authority of Scripture, we may add the official doctrine of the Church on the ...
“Through the Holy Spirit, God himself speaks through the Bible as it is read and preached. That’s why Scripture is our supreme authority—because it is the voice of God.” “The supremacy which God-through-Scripture claims over us is the loving, liberating, life-giving rule of a loving...
“God never asks us to believe, without giving sufficient evidence upon which to base our faith. His existence, His character, the truthfulness of His word, are all established by testimony that appeals to our reason; and this testimony is abundant. Yet God has never removed the possibility o...
Catholics venerate the Scriptures as they venerate the Lord’s body. But Catholics do not believe that God has given us His divine Revelation in Christ exclusively through Scripture. Catholics also believe that God’s Revelation comes to us through the Apostolic Tradition and teaching authority of ...
God has been called "The Great Geometrician, " and is said to do everything after a plan and by number, weight and measure. If God is the Author of the Scriptures and the Creator of the world, then the "Word of God" and the "Works of God" should harmonize....
Titus 1:5; Luke 10:1 – the elders of the Church are appointed and hold authority. God has His children participate in Christ’s work. 1 John 4:6 – whoever knows God listens to us (the bishops and the successors to the apostles). This is the way we discern truth and error (not...
But that should not daunt, nor even surprise us; for it is the very nature of Christian faith to believe, on the authority of God, truths which may neither be rationally demonstrated nor exhaustively understood. We must remember that God does not tell us everything about His acts and ...
11. “Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.” II Peter 1:4 (NIV) 12. “But my God shall supply all your needs according to his ...
Are God's Infallible Word Scripture - What we believe in detail. We affirmthat the Bible is to be received as the authoritative Word of God. We deny that the Bible receives its authority from a Church, from human or religious tradition or from any other human source. ...