Comments on: Sola Scriptura… An Irrelevant Doctrine Today? http://blackandreformedministries.com/2008/12/12/sola-scriptura-an-irrelevant-doctrine-today/ "But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises." Hebrews 8:6 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:18:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: xristosdomini http://blackandreformedministries.com/2008/12/12/sola-scriptura-an-irrelevant-doctrine-today/#comment-5542 xristosdomini Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:55:34 +0000 http://blackandreformedministries.com/?p=1199#comment-5542 I would tend to agree with the general idea of this post. I think that what has happened is not so much that "Sola Scriptura" has been made irrelevant, but that we have forgotten what it is supposed to mean. In the Protestant Reformation, it was very true that Sola Scriptura was meant to stand as a bulwark against mere tradition forming doctrine... but it was also a reaction to the doctrine of the Infalibility of the Pope. So what is Sola Scriptura supposed to mean? We cannot safely remove the Bible from its place as the final authority on doctrine, so it is obvious that Sola Scriptura still needs to have some bearing. However, the redefinition of it needs to include the idea of Scripture in its proper context. IE, what was the author trying to communicate to his specific audience when he said "XYZ"? If that is what we mean by Sola Scriptura, we will understand what the Bible is actually saying, giving us a firm foundation into which we can apply said teachings to everyday life. If what we mean by Sola Scriptura is that I can pull any verse out of its place to answer any given problem, then you are quite correct that it is irrelevant. I would tend to agree with the general idea of this post. I think that what has happened is not so much that “Sola Scriptura” has been made irrelevant, but that we have forgotten what it is supposed to mean. In the Protestant Reformation, it was very true that Sola Scriptura was meant to stand as a bulwark against mere tradition forming doctrine… but it was also a reaction to the doctrine of the Infalibility of the Pope. So what is Sola Scriptura supposed to mean?

We cannot safely remove the Bible from its place as the final authority on doctrine, so it is obvious that Sola Scriptura still needs to have some bearing. However, the redefinition of it needs to include the idea of Scripture in its proper context. IE, what was the author trying to communicate to his specific audience when he said “XYZ”? If that is what we mean by Sola Scriptura, we will understand what the Bible is actually saying, giving us a firm foundation into which we can apply said teachings to everyday life. If what we mean by Sola Scriptura is that I can pull any verse out of its place to answer any given problem, then you are quite correct that it is irrelevant.

]]> By: Bro. Lawrence D. http://blackandreformedministries.com/2008/12/12/sola-scriptura-an-irrelevant-doctrine-today/#comment-5267 Bro. Lawrence D. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:04:12 +0000 http://blackandreformedministries.com/?p=1199#comment-5267 Someone is seriously grabbing at straws! No wonder he tries to turn every post into a discussion on universalism! Someone is seriously grabbing at straws! No wonder he tries to turn every post into a discussion on universalism!

]]> By: Brian Foulks http://blackandreformedministries.com/2008/12/12/sola-scriptura-an-irrelevant-doctrine-today/#comment-5263 Brian Foulks Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:28:31 +0000 http://blackandreformedministries.com/?p=1199#comment-5263 You guys are killing me over here............. You guys are killing me over here………….

]]> By: lionelwoods7 http://blackandreformedministries.com/2008/12/12/sola-scriptura-an-irrelevant-doctrine-today/#comment-5246 lionelwoods7 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:59:46 +0000 http://blackandreformedministries.com/?p=1199#comment-5246 LOL@ Hutch!!!!!!! By the way that will be 19.99 or I will violate Corinthians and charge you for copyright infringement! LOL@ Hutch!!!!!!!

By the way that will be 19.99 or I will violate Corinthians and charge you for copyright infringement!

]]> By: Hutch http://blackandreformedministries.com/2008/12/12/sola-scriptura-an-irrelevant-doctrine-today/#comment-5244 Hutch Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:49:29 +0000 http://blackandreformedministries.com/?p=1199#comment-5244 Jon- Using a Lutheran Confession of Faith to describe what most Anabaptists taught and practiced is like using a skinhead to accurately describe the holocaust. :) Jon-

Using a Lutheran Confession of Faith to describe what most Anabaptists taught and practiced is like using a skinhead to accurately describe the holocaust.

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