Sentences with phrase «actual authority of scripture»

But when we have reached that point where we believe that Scripture has said its last word to us and we are always sure what its message will be, when all around us major events are causing great changes in our understanding of ourselves and our world, then we may be finiiting the actual authority of Scripture in our lives.

Not exact matches

In one sense we can say that the authority of Scripture is actual not only where Scripture is acknowledged and read but also where its power is seen.

Effectively, though we have given the Bible back to the people in their own language, in actual practice we have maintained the power, position, and authority of the priestly / clergy / pastoral class as the accurate interpreters of Scripture.

It is very hard to see, however, how an ecclesial tradition could provide «authoritative parameters» for Scripture exposition, if the Church's interpretative authority has no other basis than the actual correctness of its interpretative decisions.