Accepting the authority of the bible
Submitted by Forgiven on September 3 2001 14:10:07
In reply to Forgiven's fallacy submitted by RDLL on September 3 2001 08:51:06
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as it was originally inspired is not consistent with a willingness to effectively dismiss parts of the New Testament as not genuinely of Jesus. The linked item shows the way that the Jesus Seminar people discriminate. As such they are fundamentally flawed in their basic assumptions about the authority of scripture. It is of course valid to point out that the Canon was defined by the church - but the reality is that that process produces a coherent body of books that present a complete picture of the 'Word made flesh'. The other books that were rejected offer an alternative view. To argue that the early church was wrong in their choice is a coherent argument - but it means abandoning any claims to being a follower of the Jesus who promised to lead his disciples into all truth; one of the arguments in favour of the authority of the 'main line' of the church is that it is the one that God has worked through down the years. By contrast the Gnostic and other heresies have consistently faded out to the margins or disappeared entirely. |
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