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Even though I've been over this already, I'll bite again. Paul tells us exactly why we should "give a hoot" when it comes to the canon of the OT. Rom 3:1 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Rom 3:2 Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted...

First, your assertion assumes apostolic succession, which Protestants reject. The apostles were a special breed just like Moses and the prophets for example. No where in the pages of the NT are we told that the apostles passed on their power and authority to anyone. They were commissioned to...

1. I'll never call them deuterocanonical because they're not canonical in any sense of the word. 2. They are properly called "apocrypha." According to Jerome that's exactly what the Jews called them because they didn't consider them inspired. I quoted Jerome in one of my previous posts...

Above we find material that Kepha has ripped off from a RC apologist named Mark Shea. I say ripped off because he failed to provide a proper citation, making this material appear to be his own. Unfortunately for Kepha, Mr. Shea was dead wrong about Jerome changing his mind on the Apocrypha...

Do you really think that trotting out Tiber swimming converts somehow validates Rome? There are plenty swimming the other way. I've know many former Catholics over my lifetime. It proves nothing.

Let me see if I have this right. John teaches that you can be perfectly sinless, but you can never know if you've actually reached that state. Then according to your own pronouncements no one can ever know if they are "born again." So apparently you have no way of knowing if you're saved or not...

Hi Ben, Sin always comes with a price and there are many examples in Scripture of people suffering the consequences of their sin. However, there is really no way to know how God will handle any sin as if there were some sort of blueprint. Sometimes the consequences of sin are clear and...

So are you living a sinless life?

I can agree with much of what you said. Yes, John was addressing gnostic heresy. No, the Gospel does not give us a license to sin. However, do you contend that John is teaching the possibility of a sinless life?

"Oracles" or "logion," which is a cognate of 'logos," is just another designation for scripture. Heb 5:12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. Jerome being right or wrong wasn't the point. You...

Roman Catholics are subject their own charge in this regard. Show me where Rome has infallibly defined the meaning of the entire Bible. I'll help you out. Such an infallible interpretation does not exist. Rome leaves you floundering on much. Also, according to one of your own renowned...

I'm afraid you're the one who has failed to read carefully. The apocrypha and deuterocanonical books are the same -- even according to your own sources. Pay close attention to the bold type. "St. Jerome evidently applied the term to all quasi-scriptural books which in his estimation lay outside...

You still don't seem to understand sola scriptura. As I mentioned before in other threads, sola scriptura does not reject all tradition. Sola scriptura rejects any tradition that contradicts and/or supersedes scripture. Here is a quote from a Reformed confession that is representative of the...

We know that "Christ" means "anointed" and to anoint means to appoint to a special function. So what was that function? Christ as prophet: Mat 11:27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and...

Ah yes... crude and incorrect. Allow me to make a substitution. "I am studying" indicates progressive or continuous action at the time of speaking or writing. It says nothing about the beginning or end of the action. "I study" indicates what I do repeatedly, with interruption, on a regular or...

Very nice summation Elle. :)

Incorrect. For example, Jerome and Athanaius both used the term "apocrypha" long before the Reformers. St. Jerome evidently applied the term to all quasi-scriptural books which in his estimation lay outside the canon of the Bible... New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia - Apocrypha Among the Jews...

First, let's dispel the notion that Scripture is to be interpreted in light of tradition. Such an idea is backwards. If it were true, then the Bereans would have been admonished, not commended, for running to the scriptures to verify the oral teaching of an inspired Apostle. Now, I'm really...

Thanks Foreigner. I appreciate that you're affirming what I see here. XP and I have have gone a few rounds before over this idea that 1 John teaches the possibility of of a sinless walk. Now he objects that I just don't understand. So be it.

Your proof text does not say that if we walk in the light we won't sin. It says very plainly that if we walk in the light the blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin. Big difference. Again we meet with our old friend. The words "walk" and "cleanses" are both present tense verbs, which indicate...