Sentences with phrase «authority of scripture»

And you can spare me your absolute authority of scripture rhetoric.

It is evident that you have lost your faith in the absolute authority of Scripture.

In this Wycliff stated clearly the later reformation principle of the supreme authority of scripture and as a consequence of this, he sought to make the knowledge of the scripture more general.

For its peculiar characteristic is the conviction that because of the formal authority of Scripture all the commands of the Law are equally binding.

He claims that the Revolution led to an upsurge of biblicism, but explains that only in the case of debates over colonial bishops and slavery did colonists actually draw directly upon the teaching authority of Scripture.

Affirmations based simply on the claimed authority of scripture were nonstarters.

The mutually recognized authority of Scripture served well in the debates with the papacy, but the Reformers and their successors never did a terribly good job of saying why they received what they received from the ancient church.

Orthodox and conservative forms of Protestantism continued to affirm the radical authority of scripture against the new forms of thought in the culture.

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.

I am not arguing for the normative authority of Scripture and tradition as deposits of faith in a static external sense, but for a more commonsense view that they are the major vehicles of Christian meaning through the centuries, and their importance can not be ignored in systematic theology.

Although the form of these words is conservative (do this, and do not leave that out), yet the formal, external authority of Scripture is evidently given up.

His teaching mainly consisted of three elements: first, the doctrine of lordship, secondly, the supreme authority of the scriptures, and thirdly his conception of the church and the Eucharist.

The will of God is the formal authority of Scripture; ethic is therefore not distinguishable from law.

Even a test - act that required officeholders to declare «their belief in the being of a God, and in the divine authority of the scriptures,» would not have satisfied, since it is easy to dissemble.

It appears as a simplistic statement in the authority of scripture, but is really masking a deep authority issue, such as by what authority do we hold sacred the hand picked passages we choose to uplift (versus the ones we choose to back burner), thus making the authority of scripture (or any sacred text) a circular problem at best.

As Levy has shown, reformers and their opponents both acknowledged the authority of Scripture within a traditional, ecclesial framework.

i think harri is responding to mark's response to my telling someone who was vomiting up scripture that people those quotes are only valid to those who accept the authority of the scripture.

Anglicans do not agree on the content of the faith, the authority of Scripture, or the loci of ecclesial authority.

There are substantial theological disagreements between the two, but perhaps the fundamental difference could be described as one of hermeneutics: how do we understand the authority of Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions?

Until there are stronger practices of friendship and community and hospitality in the church, I feel an enormous amount of anguish and frustration when I tell young gay Christians that, yes, I do think, on the authority of Scripture, that God is asking you to live without gay sex.

I say that simply to point out that so far, as I attempt to adjust my thinking regarding the authority of Scripture, I have not found a universal command for all people everywhere throughout time.

The same goes for a commitment to other believers, or various works of the Holy Spirit, or even having all their questions answered about the Trinity, the authority of Scripture, or the origin of the universe.

He concludes with an important point: ``... the Reformers» insistence on the authority of scripture made several important points, but left many other matters open for further discussion.

Pastors and congregations subscribe formally to the authority of Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions, and that subscription is taken seriously.

Complementarians often say that what's at stake in this debate is the authority of Scripture, an authority that is compromised whenever Christians fail to live by «every word» of the Bible.

Until then, do you think this idea magnifies or undermines the authority of Scripture?

Barth's initial moves were salutary, but he was too Protestant to face the question of why he dared reassert the authority of Scripture.

(See Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) I chose this particular book because I think it provides the most accessible and personal introduction to the biblical and historical arguments in support of same - sex relationships, and because Matthew is a theologically conservative Christian who affirms the authority of Scripture and who is also gay.

To be clear, our tradition of interpretation is subject to the authority of Scripture.

But even identifying these two very consequent decisions does not explain how in Lutheranism, of all places, the authority of Scripture could be so undermined and why in Lutheranism, with its strong theology of God's orders of creation and preservation, anyone could hope to get away with proposing that sexual arrangements be judged on quality not kind.

Forgetful of its catholic roots and ambivalent about the authority of Scripture, Reformation Christianity has begun to look more and more like an empty Protestant principle, a mere negation of hierarchy and tradition with no positive content of its own.

His response to my query was immediate: «Their unwavering commitment to the authority of Scripture.»

And to prove that, they have to not only prove the accuracy and authority of Scripture, but also the specific rules of interpreting and understanding Scripture which will eventually lead you to the the view of God and hell that they are trying to prove.

We affirm the authority of the Scriptures and the doctrines represented in the ecumenical creeds of the Church.

So the theologian has to back up and make an argument for the authority of Scripture.

My doubts, they say, would vanish if I would just subject my tradition, reason, and experience to the authority of Scripture.