Augustine and Sola Scriptura

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A local Christian Radio station was quoting from St. Augustine to support that Sola Scriptura was held in the early Church. I thought that I remembered once reading a quote from Augustine that said that although he loved Scripture, he only believed it because the Church said it was the Word of God. I looked around for the quote, but I couldn’t find it. Is anyone familiar with this quote or a similar one? Thanks!
 
“I would not believe in the Gospels were it not for the authority of the Catholic Church.”
-St. Augustine (Against the Letter of Mani Called “The Foundation” 5:6).

Here ya go! N-Cs are prone to cherry pick the things that make the ECF say what they want them to say.

Pax tecum,
 
So in otherwords, they don’t know that we Catholics actually use the Bible too.:eek: lol, so in otherwords, only protestants use the Bible? The Bible was put together by Catholics and meant for Catholics! This line from St. Augustine only further proves the authority of the Church and its role in putting the bible together and proclaiming its role as “the word of God.” It also shows that without the Catholic Church there can not be a bible, and that the Church is the infallible bible interpreter, not an individual without Apostolic succession. Attacks like these only increase my loyalty to the Church.😃 Thanks anti-catholic protestants!
 
Don’t forget what St. Augustine considered scripture:

“The whole canon of the scriptures, however, in which we say that consideration is to be applied, is contained in these books: the five of Moses . . . and one book of Joshua [Son of] Nave, one of Judges; one little book which is called Ruth . . . then the four of Kingdoms, and the two of Paralipomenon . . . . [T]here are also others too, of a different order . . . such as Job and Tobit and Esther and Judith and the two books of Maccabees, and the two of Esdras . . . . Then there are the prophets, in which there is one book of the Psalms of David, and three of Solomon. . . . But as to those two books, one of which is entitled Wisdom and the other of which is entitled Ecclesiasticus and which are called ‘of Solomon’ because of a certain similarity to his books, it is held most certainly that they were written by Jesus Sirach. They must, however, be accounted among the prophetic books, because of the authority which is deservedly accredited to them” (Christian Instruction 2:8:13 [A.D. 397]).

On a side note:

“We read in the books of the Maccabees [2 Macc. 12:43] that sacrifice was offered for the dead. But even if it were found nowhere in the Old Testament writings, the authority of the Catholic Church which is clear on this point is of no small weight, where in the prayers of the priest poured forth to the Lord God at his altar the commendation of the dead has its place” (The Care to be Had for the Dead 1:3 [A.D. 421]).

catholic.com/library/Old_Testament_Canon.asp
 
Those quotes are pricless, Psalms45:9.

This is only more the reason why I’m slow to judgment when it comes to quoting religious figures. By the time you show more statements and context it usually helps your understanding far beyond any cherry-picked statement does.
 
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