Posted: Jun 05, 2011 10:40 am
willhud9 wrote:
I am merely saying, I do believe the church fathers got it wrong in some things, but in other things the chuch fathers got it right. Only a foolish Christian would accept Aquinas', Augustine's, Calvin's(and he is my favourite), Luther's, and many others works and opinions without making sure they agreed with biblical doctrine.
And if authors of biblical doctrine got it wrong? With all your extensive study on the subject, you know the book is not infallible in any way, so where is the 'anchor point', the point where we can say "This - this is divine doctrine, that on which we can anchor our theology, while this - this is most likely the private opinion of the author" ? Is it enough that the verses say "This is the word of the LORD"? Or is it enough that they are alleged quotes from Jesus? Or is internal consistency of the resulting theology key?