In the
name of the Holy Scripture we do understand those canonical Books of the Old and New
Testament, of whose authority was never any doubt in the Church.Problem is, the holy scripture never tells us what “canonical books are of the old and new…” the Catholic Church and not the Anglican church put the canon of the bible together. Article VI"
“Q. How do we understand the meaning of the Bible?
A. We understand the meaning of the Bible by the help of
the Holy Spirit, who guides the Church in the true
interpretation of the Scriptures.” CAC (Catechism of the Anglican Church
)So King Henry VIII, a most fleshly man, had the monopoluy on the Holy Spirit to guide “his” church in the true interpretation of the bible?" HE must have threatened to decapitate the H.S. if the H.S. did not comply.
Book recommendation: “the Last Word”, by Bishop N.T. Wright
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"XI. Of the Justification of Man.
We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ by Faith, and not for our own works or deservings. Wherefore, that we are justified
by Faith only, is a most wholesome Doctrine, and very full of comfort, as more largely is
expressed in the Homily of Justification.Again, show me where the words “faith alone” appear in the bible.
XII. Of Good Works.
Albeit that Good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, cannot
put away our sins, and endure the severity of God’s judgment; yet are they pleasing and
acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faith;
insomuch that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known as a tree discerned by the
fruit.
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So by “salvation” we mean “Justification”. How one is considered to be a child of God, and leads to being adopted into the family and given the gift of the Holy Spirit, ect. One in this state can expect to be with their Lord when they die. And that good works are not done to aver God’s wrath, although he will use discipline to correct, but not in judgment.
I’d say that is a good summary of all Protestants…but still there
may be slight nuances.
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sola scriptura is derived, not explicit.So you are not a “bible only” denomination? More like we know that scripture is a source of infallible divine revelation and authority, but have not been given assurance about anything else.
sola fide is derived from the all the salvation passages that describe Justification by faith, What about when Christ himself tells us that the goats will be sepreated as a result of their works, no mention of faith. In fact, whenever judgement is spoken of, faith is not mentioned, on works are mentioned. And…there is faith hope and love, the greatest of which is love…NOT faith.by the teachings especially in the book of Romans on Abraham Abraham was FULL of WORKS…WORKS demanded by God…Abraham did not only have faith… and Galatians on the contrast with the works of the law, And in these books Paul was speaking of the Mosaic law…true… works of the Mosaic law, avail us nothing… and then by Protestants believing the few verses that seem contraryActually if you take the entire bible in context, no verse in contrary in the entire work… to be interpreted differently. I would say most all of our arguments for it derive from our interpretations of Romans and GalatiansThat’s a huge problem since the bible must be read, understood, and interpreted from cover to cover…what you cite are passages without contect, which then beocme pre-texts…
But I’m sure these have been debated back on forth on this forums allot, so I’ll refrain from scripture bombing
This would be the normal lines of arguments we take boiled down.
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4)** Please show me a Protestant confession or creed which says this in the way you said and nuanced it
I can’t think of an actual protestant creed that states this…in fact a lot of protestant denoms believe creeds to be evil additions to scriptures and of the devil…“No creed, just Jesus.”…so given that mindset, I wouldn’t expect any. But my experience is as a former fundemantalist that used to believe this and walk in circles of protestants who believed this.
5) You’re welcome! Thank you…though it only affirmed what I was pointing out in the first place.
May be better if you want to recommend some Protestant systematic theologies, if you get a Lutheran, Reformed Presbyterian, Baptist, Anglican (although we don’t really have much in the systematic theologies area unless it is from the Tractarian era) and a generic Evangelical and look up definitions in them, what would give a good overview of the spectrum.
That is certainly not my intention.