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Oct 3, 2011 · Anytime we teach from the Bible, we take great care to distinguish between the traditions of men and the doctrines of God as revealed in His word. Jesus Himself condemned those who would teach the traditions of men as Biblical truth. Jesus said: Matt. 15:7 “You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you:
Jan 4, 2022 · When we look at what the Bible actually says, including Jesus’ rebuke of the traditionalists of His day (see Luke 11:37– 52), it is clear that the Bible is to be our authority. This is not to say that tradition is without merit, but that tradition is only authoritative insofar as it is based on biblical truth.
- Scripture’s Singular Authority
- Scripture’s Divine Author
- Scripture’s Central Focus
- Scripture’s “truthfulness”
- Scripture’s Authority and Tradition
- Scripture and “Biblical Criticism”
“First of all, you need to know that Holy Scripture is the kind of book that makes the wisdom of all other books into foolishness, since none of them teaches about eternal life except this alone.” So wrote Martin Luther (1483-1546), the Protestant Reformer. Scripture alone (Sola Scriptura) infallibly tells us how we might be saved (Sola fide) and h...
God is the divine author of Holy Scripture. The authority of Scripture originates from God’s authority: “All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works” (2Tim. 3:16-17). Scripture’...
Martin Luther wrote: “All of Scripture everywhere deals only with Christ.” Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is the central focus of Scripture. Jesus Christ gives authority to Scripture. He told his disciples to search the Scripture in which they would find eternal life and which testified of him (John 5:39). He quoted Scripture in confronting the Devi...
St. Augustine (354-431) played a key role in articulating the central church doctrine that Scripture is the “truthful” or infallible revealed written Word of God. In his own day he encountered critics who raised questions about supposed discrepancies in the Gospels. In response Augustine penned The Harmony of the Gospels In which he provided guidan...
At the Council of Trent (1545-1563) the Roman Catholic Church defined her doctrines and practices. The council decreed that Scripture and Tradition constituted equal sources of revelation. It also stipulated that Jerome’s Latin Vulgate was the “authentic” biblical version. In 1588, the year the “Roman Catholic” Spanish Armada bore down with troops ...
In the seventeenth century some Christians believed that the biblical texts they had in hand were infallible. A number of scholars, however, thought otherwise. They pursued Critica Sacra, the attempt to re-establish the “original” texts of Scripture from extant documents. In his Histoire du Vieux Testament(1678), Richard Simon, often hailed as the ...
- Truth or Tradition: You Should Always Pray ‘If It Be Thy Will’ “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup from Me.” – Luke 22:42 (NKJV) “Sometimes God says yes, sometimes He says no, and sometimes He says wait awhile.”
- Truth or Tradition: Christians Shouldn’t Be Wealthy. “Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
- Truth or Tradition: God Sometimes Puts Sickness on People. “I am the Lord who heals you.” – Exodus 15:26 (ESV) With a lot of help from the devil, people came up with the idea that, as Christians, we can glorify God by suffering physical illness or infirmity without complaining, or that God puts sickness on people to teach them something.
- Truth or Tradition: Healing Is Not for Everyone. “He healed all the sick among them…” –Matthew 12:15. You may have noticed there isn’t a scripture under this heading.
Then, with the passing of time, as congregations grew in numbers, larger facilities were built. Bible classes, as an expediency, were arranged to facilitate different age groups. But some brethren were so “tradition” bound, they could not tolerate this. Hence, the “no-class” faction was born.
Jan 12, 2024 · The Transmission of Wisdom and Knowledge through Tradition One of the key reasons why tradition is important in interpreting scripture is its role in the transmission of wisdom and knowledge. Through the generations, traditions act as a vessel for passing down teachings, insights, and understandings.
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Apostolic Tradition and ecclesial traditions 83 The Tradition here in question comes from the apostles and hands on what they received from Jesus' teaching and example and what they learned from the Holy Spirit. the first generation of Christians did not yet have a written New Testament, and the New Testament itself demonstrates the process of living Tradition.
