Why Padawan Niece is Bantha Pudu

PN,
In our efforts to get you to prove sola scriptura from Scripture, you said, ‘the Trinity is paradoxical’ because it is not found in Scripture per se.

You have made my point. Without a doctrinal grid, or a ‘traditional’ reading of Scripture, the doctrine of the Trinity goes bye bye. Yes, the Bible teaches the Trinity, but only when our reading is informed by the council of Nicea. Don’t forget from the Arians to the Jehovah’s Witnesses there have been those who have affirmed the authority of Scripture and denied the Deity of Christ.

You need Tradition to help you read the Scripture on the very nature of God, and the very nature of salvation. Good luck interpreting Scripture without it.

παραδόσις

pn said:

Sola scriptura: “This doctrine means that Scripture alone is our only final authority because Scripture, due to its inspiration, uniquely preserves God’s revelation to humanity,” Dr. Finkbeiner, a Moody prof. Tradition (παραδοσις) needs to be subject to Scripture otherwise you’ll be juked. It is true that tradition is found in Scriptura. Though, don’t I remember the Pharisees being rebuked by Jesus for such things (see Mark 7:5)?

A few qs my young padawan. Did Jesus follow the traditions of Moses? Who decided what books were to be in the Bible (esp. the NT)?

Who told the early church of the first three centuries how to live, how to worship, what to believe, etc., since they didn’t have a black leatherbound Scofield NT to work with? Since ‘tradition needs to be subject to Scripture’ the big question is what tradition??

Another Padawan?

Young Padawan,

Who is this Trace character? My…name…is…Neo.

Jump in on brother Constantine’s erudite comments on hell and such. I love the parable about Judas.

Where we can start girl padawan is the famous ‘solas’ of the Reformation. Let’s start with sola scriptura. Where is that in scriptura? I know that Moody chicks think derive their doctrine from the ‘Bible alone,’ but do you?