“The truth of the gospel is salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.†Our deliverance from sin is not based on our performance, but based on Christ’s performance on the Cross—it
1 Thess. 2:13 – Paul says, “when you received the word of God, which you heard from us..” How can the Bible be teaching first century Christians that only the Bible is their infallible source of teaching if, at the same time, oral revelation was being given to them as well? Pr...
Vatican CouncilSecondThis chapter offers a Catholic view of divine revelation, the response of human faith, the tradition that hands on belief in God, and the scriptures that are inspired by the Holy Spirit. The saving self-revelation of God comes through an interplay of deeds and words, is ...
One in essence with God the Father, Who became incarnate on earth. For that truth, the greatest Fathers of the Church labored to the point of blood. They were unbending in the battle for this truth. They
Martin Luther and the Council of Trent: The Battle over Scripture and the Doctrine of Justification A detailed exposition of what the author considers to be the few fundamental principles in the theology of St. Bonaventure: the continuity between theology... M Root - 《Catholic Historical Review...
Not to multiply patristic testimony for the Divine authority of Scripture, we may add the official doctrine of theChurchon the nature of Sacred Scripture. The fifth ecumenical council condemned Theodore ofMopsuestiafor his opposition against the Divine authority of the books ofSolomon, the Book of...
scripturadoctrine of the Protestants; he simply asserts that whatever the authority of the Fathers and Doctors and Magisterium teach is also to be found in God’s word. Read theDogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelationof the Second Vatican Council, and you will see the teaching serenely presented...
The council from Isaiah is to inquire of God rather than looking to the dead for answers. Moses confirms Isaiah’s council, “Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am theLordyour God.” ...
66At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the teachers of the law, met together, and Jesus was led before them. 67“If you are the Messiah,” they said, “tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me, ...
Canon Of Scripture, as the phrase is usually employed, may be defined as "the Authoritative Standard of Religion and Morals, composed of those writings which have been given for this purpose by God to men." A definition frequently given of the Canon is, that it is "the Catalogue of the ...