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Hmm, if this blog article is accurate then Feyerabend's analogy to sola scriptura appears to be a strawman. "Sola scriptura" was never a claim that nothing help
by wbillingsley 11y ago
Hmm, if this blog article is accurate then Feyerabend's analogy to sola scriptura appears to be a strawman. "Sola scriptura" was never a claim that nothing helps you interpret scripture -- its advocates all claim that this is the role of the spirit. There's an odd paragraph towards the end of Feser's blog post:
"But you can ask such questions of an authoritative interpreter who stands outside the texts. And such an interpreter -- in the form of an institutional Church -- is exactly what the Catholic position posits."
That prompts the rather obvious retort "authoritative interpreter who stands outside the text ... I wonder who all these God-believing protestants could possibly think that might be..."
This seems obvious enough that surely Feyerabend would have recognised it, so perhaps Feser's summary of Feyerabend is flawed?
- skissane 11y agoAndrew Fulford raises the same point in his criticism of Feser's post - https://calvinistinternational.com/2015/07/14/feyerabend-and-feser-on-sola-scriptura/ https://calvinistinternational.com/2015/07/14/feyerabend-and... - thus beginning a back-and-forth with Feser which lasts for several posts - see http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/empiricism-and-sola-scriptura-redux.html http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/empiricism-and-so... - I found it an interesting read, although I've always been very sceptical of sola scriptura (unsurprising given I was raised Catholic)