Do Christians only have the Bible as our authority? Is sola scriptura (Bible alone) true? What role does the Church have, if any, in how we are to interpret the Sacred Scriptures? Does Sacred Tradition play a role? If it does, how? Includes Q and A's.
If God can work through man to write scripture, so can God work through the Church to define our faith.
Jesus was the Word of God and He gave authority to the Church to proclaim truth and denounce heresy.
Also, if the Church ever defined a false doctrine/dogma that would mean evil conquered the Holy Spirit's guidance which Jesus said would never happen.
PatristicEchoes 3 years ago
A great video series, I can agree with most of it. But what I honestly have to disagree with what is said at ca. 8:50. The bible should indeed be the number 1 authority, because it is inspired by God, it is the Word of God. Sure the Holy Spirit is working in the Church and has always been, but people can alwyas be decieved, also by other spirits. This cannot happen to the Scriture, as it is already completed. Therefore the Church may not contradict the bible. If it does, we know its a deception
Zami9000 3 years ago