Sentences with phrase «divine authority of the scriptures»

When, years later, I found Calvin declaring that every Christian experiences the inward witness of the Holy Spirit to the divine authority of Scripture, (2) I rejoiced to think that, without ever having heard a word on this subject, I had long known exactly what Calvin was talking about — as by God's mercy I still do.

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.

Not exact matches

The authority of scripture and its divine origin are linked.

But if we see the Bible as both human and divine — not just divine (literalism), not just human (liberalism), and certainly not a bit of both (mix - and - match)-- then we will submit to the loving authority of God in all scripture, whether or not we find what it says easy to swallow.

Because on investigation of the text it is noted that Jesus accepted Scripture as his sole and divine authority (admittedly Jesus» pronouncements and actions were not framed in the context of the twentieth - century debate on authority, but his trust in Scripture still seems incontrovertible), Christians similarly believe the Bible to be basic to their faith and life.

They state under the category of the Holy Scriptures that, «The books commonly called Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are no part of the canon of the Scripture, and therefore are of no authority in the Church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved, or made use of, than other human writings.»

The chapter headings give us an overview of the work: Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ: the theological project of Joseph Ratzinger; The critique of criticism: beginning the search for a new theological synthesis; The hermeneutic of faith: critical and historical foundations for a biblical theology; The spiritual science of theology: its mission and method in the life of the church; Reading God's testament to humankind: biblical realism, typology, and the inner unity of revelation; The theology of the divine economy: covenant, kingdom, and the history of salvation; The embrace of salvation: mystagogy and the transformation ofsacrifice; The cosmic liturgy: the Eucharistic kingdom and the world as temple; The authority of mystery: the beauty and necessity of the theologian's task.

In fact, this culture can not be understood without seeing the way the Bible has functioned as Scripture with divine authority, whether in the development of the Middle Ages, the Protestant Revolution, or certain elements of the resistance to totalitarianism.

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....

Secondly, Scripture's intrinsic divine authority suggests the correlative qualification of human thought.

This «rebellion», he contends, parallels that of Korah's Rebellion in the OT, and is characterised by a view of Scripture that questions the divine authority of the biblical text, its uniqueness, and its sufficiency.