Subject: Catholic vs Protestant
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 06:55:12 GMT+0600
From: 0.n7903.fmlynet.planetc.com (Stephen Hayes)
Organization: http://www.fmlynet.org 
Newsgroups: alt.christnet.theology

Stephen Adams wrote in a message to All:

>>We come from similar perspectives. We are both Protestant, commenting
>>on Roman Catholicism. Where we differ is that I hang back from
>>asserting my superiority over the Catholics precisely because it leads
>>to the behavior you have just engaged it.
>>
>    Looks like you are into ecumenism "Let's all be brothers in Christ" kind
>of thing and that is very commendable. But it's NOT so much Biblical
>interpretation which sets Protestants and the RCC apart. It's the RCC's
>giving "Tradition" equal  weight in the interpretation of Holy Scripture,
>"Tradition" meaning pronouncements from infallible popes.

 SA> Actually, that is not what Tradition means - there is far
 SA> more to "Tradition" than the statements of the Popes.  And,
 SA> if you are referring to "infalliable" declarations, that has
 SA> only been invoked twice - once with reference to Mary's
 SA> conception and once to her Assumption.

 SA> See, for example, Jaroslav Pelikan's book "The Vindication
 SA> of Tradition." Writing as a *Lutheran* he defends Tradition.

And was so impressed by it that he became Orthodox. Tradition has been
aptly described as "the living faith of dead people".

Keep well

Steve Hayes
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