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Bottom line, I left your church, and have been free in the Gospel ever since. Keep to your antiquated power grab man made doctrines, but I will have none of it, and have nothing but contempt for it. It has been a political power, a torturing institution, a money hoarding venture, a venue for scandals of all kinds, a home for doctrinal error parting with Scripture. Keep it.Right. Scripture alone was never taught for the first 350 years of Christianity (because until that time there was no canon of Scripture.) In fact, there were several Christian documents, such as the Didache, the Shepherd of Hermes, various letters attributed to the apostles, which were not considered forgeries or heresies but simply ‘uninspired’ Christian writing (as opposed to authentic inspired Scipture), and these writings in addition to oral teaching were used.
Further, while Scripture was ‘canon’ from approximately AD 380, most people were not literate until the 19th century in the industrial world. While literacy gradually ‘grew’ in the late Middle Ages, it was still not normative for the ‘common man’ and even less for women.
Scripture alone was never taught as Christian teaching. It’s a man-made doctrine that divides Christians and promulgates error.