The Rule of Faith, a Sermon. [With] Appendix, Containing an Examination of Certain Popular Objections, and Further Proofs of the Statements Advanced - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1150409231 ISBN 13: 9781150409233

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838. Excerpt: ... 4 The Rule of Faith: twenty popular Objections. 3. That it invests the Church, or the early Christian writers, with the Romish attribute of infallibility. 4. That there is no consent of the early Christian writers even in points of vital importance: that the Catholic Creeds did not agree. 5. That the Fathers are to be cited as witnesses of facts only, and not of doctrines. 6. That they are to be used destructively only, to overthrow errors; and not constructively, to establish truth. 7. That it substitutes the traditions of men for the word of God. 8. That it shifts our faith from a divine to a human foundation. 9. That it makes all doctrine uncertain. 10. That to use the creeds as interpreters of Scripture, while we use Scripture to prove the creed, is arguing in a circle, inasmuch as Scripture must be first understood before it can be the proof of anything, and, when understood, needs no interpretation afterwards. 11. That if Scripture needs an interpretation, so do their writings: and, therefore, the appeal to them only moves the question one step further into perplexity. 12. That the writings of the Fathersabound in trifling and error, and in contradiction of each other and of themselves. 13. That we are better able to interpret Scripture than they were. 14. That revealed knowledge is progressive, like natural, and therefore, the early times were the infancy of our manhood. 15. That it is contrary to the promise that we shall be led into all truth. 16. That it makes a right knowledge of Scripture impossible to the unlearned. Statement of points to be proved. 5 17. That it is derogatory to Holy Scripture, to deny its clearness to all readers. 18. That it is derogatory to the merciful providence of God, to suppose that he would give a book not clear to ...

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• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1150409231
• ISBN 13: 9781150409233
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