Sentences with phrase «paul over scripture»

Present - day Christianity seems to value Jesus over God, scripture over Jesus, Paul over scripture, and later theologians over Paul.

Not exact matches

For example, in the fourth book of Father Paul Sarpi's History of the Council of Trent, you will find that in the year 1551 the Papal legates who presided over the Council ordered: «That the Divines ought to confirm their opinions with the holy Scripture, Traditions of the Apostles, sacred and approved Councils, and by the Constitutions and Authorities of the holy Fathers; that they ought to use brevity, and avoid superfluous and unprofitable questions, and perverse contentions....