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In Catholic tradition, which predates sola scriptura, the Bible gets legitimacy from the church, which predates the Bible, not vice versa. The idea that the Bi
by anon291 2y ago
In Catholic tradition, which predates sola scriptura, the Bible gets legitimacy from the church, which predates the Bible, not vice versa.
The idea that the Bible ought to be the only source of Christian teaching is a very new idea. The apostolic churches don't buy it.
Not to say it's right or wrong but there's a two thousand year array of evidence that this is how the Catholic Church sees things.
- lolinder 2y agoFrom your reference to "the apostolic churches" I assume that you understand this, but to clarify for any less familiar with Christian denominations: both the Roman Catholic and the Orthodox churches (between them representing about 60% of global self-identifying Christians) deny the supremacy of the Bible for the same reason. As someone on the OrthodoxChristianity subreddit put it [0], "show me where the table of contents comes from." Both Orthodox and Catholic Christians believe that because the list of books that make up the Bible is an output of some combination of history, tradition, and church councils, it can't be treated as superior to them. [0] https://old.reddit.com/r/OrthodoxChristianity/comments/14y7fcu/orthodox_christians_what_is_your_opinion_on_the/jrr14wi/ https://old.reddit.com/r/OrthodoxChristianity/comments/14y7f...