> ...bad theology...heresies... Without "scriptural literalism" how do you know what bad theology and heresy are? Is good theology not simply that which most

> ...bad theology...heresies... Without "scriptural literalism" how do you know what bad theology and heresy are? Is good theology not simply that which most closely corresponds to Scripture? Your comment makes sense on a Roman Catholic view – in which the traditions of the church are authoritative – but not on the Protestant view (sola Scriptura).