The Bible Is Not An Instruction Book In Christianity

[HS_Dad]

[quote name='thessalonian' post='1101029' date='Oct 25 2006, 04:05 PM']
the fullness of grace.
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This is a phrase bantied about quite a bit.... What is the precise theological definition of this in the Catholic context?

[Quietfire]

[quote name='Katholikos' post='1103344' date='Oct 28 2006, 02:36 PM']
It's always sad for me to see a Protestant who has no knowledge of the history of the Bible, misinterprets it, and tries to twist it into serving a purpose for which it was not intended.

Protestants have tried to make it into an instruction book, but that is not what it is. The NT is not comprehensive, and it does not give instructions on exactly what we must do to be saved. all that we are to believe, and how to put our faith into practice. It is a [u]collection[/u] of the Catholic Church's own writings. which record the early life of the newborn Church. It's like a family album. Make no mistake -- it is the inspired Word of God; but it is the Church who teaches us this, not the writings.

It means that God's written word is not His only word.

The list of books that belong in the Bible.

And do you realize that each time "it is written" appears in the Scriptures, it refers to the Septuagint OT Scriptures rejected by most Protestants? Go figure. The NT would not be collected, canonized, and preserved until the end of the fourth century.

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Blessed Father Damien, pray for us!
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Well said sir.

I might add also:
[quote]And do you realize that each time "it is written" appears in the Scriptures, it refers to the Septuagint OT Scriptures rejected by most Protestants? Go figure. The NT would not be collected, canonized, and preserved until the end of the fourth century.[/quote]

Rejected by ALL Protestants originally. It then re-appeared by some but in an apocrypha.

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[quote]We NEED one autoritative COMPLETE bible INTERPRETATION, can your side produce it and can I buy it, or not?
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"Buying it" or not doesn't make it right, you go where the LORD leads you. However, there are spiritual issues in life we must do that we aren't always going to feel comfortable with. Several of Christ's followers left when he exlaimed the power of the Eucharist in John 6, becuase they thought he was a crazy cannibal! Not only did Christ know what they thought he repeated himself several times to get the point across becuase, they just didn't "buy it"

Sometimes our faith is more challening when its harder to understand, however we have Christ to light our way. He has since acsended to his kingdom, and left the authority of the Church as the vicar, his earthly representative. This is not a hard thought to think.

Edited November 27, 2006 by GloriaIesusChristi