Friday, October 30, 2009
Quotation Friday: Irony & Sola Scriptura
"Ironically, many modern Evangelical advocates of sola scriptura, who claim to believe in the perspicuity of Scripture, deny that perspicuity by their rejection of the ecumenical creeds-the common consensual faith of the Church" (The Shape of Sola Scriptura, Keith A. Mathison, 280).
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"Wherever the Scripture speaks plainly on any subject, there can be no more question about it. The cause is settled and decided. Every jot and tittle of Scripture is true, and must be received as conclusive.
The principle here laid down by our Lord is one of vast importance. Let us grasp it firmly, and never let it go. Let us maintain boldly the complete inspiration of every Word of the original Hebrew and Greek Scriptures. ....There are difficulties in Scripture, we need not shrink from conceding, things hard to explain, hard to reconcile, and hard to understand. But in almost all these difficulties, the fault, we may justly suspect, is not so much in Scripture as in our own weak minds." JC Ryle
PS--We recite the Apostle's Creed, and Nicene Creed at my Church, a Reformed Espicopal church. And yet when we get to the line--"He decended into hell", I don't feel right about agreeing with this portion.
Hi Jonathan,
The theme for my church celebration of Reformantion this year is Sola Scriptura. I hope things are going well for you and your family.
Wayne
Thanks guys! It is always good to hear from you.
Don, I like the idea of reciting such things. I wish more evangelical churches would do that. Of course I like the idea of holding the Lord's Supper every Sunday too
;-)
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