public domain \/ Wikipedia<\/a>]<\/p>\nProtestantism<\/strong>: Scripture is the only infallible authority (sola Scriptura<\/em>).<\/p>\nCatholicism<\/strong>: \u201cthree-legged stool\u201d comprised of Bible-Tradition-Church, with the assumption of apostolic succession, and including ecumenical councils and popes.<\/p>\nI\u2019ve written two books, and lengthy parts of several others, just about that.<\/p>\n
This is one fundamental principle of both versions of Christianity, and probably the one from which everything else might be said to be derived.<\/p>\n
Many Protestants note that the Catholic Church claims to authoritatively interprets the Bible, which is true (though not exactly how they perceive<\/em> it, in most instances, upon probing). But what they often don\u2019t say (the hidden or unconscious premise) is that Protestants also<\/em>\u00a0interpret (and have<\/em>\u00a0to interpret) the Bible, just as we do. The Bible isn\u2019t self-evident (as the Protestant view, in effect, would have it). And this is why Protestants notoriously disagree on many major issues. The classic one I highlight in my first book is baptism: where they have five major views.<\/p>\nThe real choice, then, isn\u2019t:<\/p>\n
\u201cBible vs. Church\u201d<\/p>\n
but rather:<\/p>\n
\u201cIndividual or denominational interpretation of the Bible vs. an interpretation of an authoritative Church based on 2,000 years of unbroken developing biblical, apostolic, and patristic tradition and theology.\u201d<\/p>\n
Seen that way, the Catholic approach is clearly (I think) superior, because it has historical substance and continuity, and isn\u2019t individualistic or sectarian (which is not a biblical concept at all: nor has anyone ever remotely shown it to be).<\/p>\n
Protestants often\u00a0think Catholics are running down the Bible whenever we criticize sola Scriptura<\/em>, because they are taught to think in illogical \u201ceither\/or\u201d terms, and because they equate sola Scriptura<\/em> with love and reverence for the Bible (the two are not at all<\/strong><\/em> the same thing).<\/p>\nThe Bible uses similar, Catholic-like \u201cboth\/and\u201d language: \u201cWhat does it profit, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has not works? Can his faith save him?\u201d (James 2:14, RSV). The point is that faith and works inevitably must be together<\/em>. By the\u00a0reasoning of many Protestants, saying that faith is of no profit unless accompanied by works, is to run down faith. But of course, St. James is not doing that at all. He is simply saying that faith cannot be isolated<\/em>.<\/p>\nLikewise<\/em>, we Catholics say that the Bible<\/em> is not isolated. To assert this is not to run it down at all<\/em>\u00a0(not in the slightest), anymore than faith is run down in Scripture. The fault lies in the erroneous interpretation of the language and the idea.<\/p>\nMany a Protestant simply assumes illogically that to disagree with sola Scriptura<\/em> (the false notion that the Bible is the only infallible source of authority) is automatically<\/em> to disrespect Scripture. This is absurd. Basically, it amounts to saying, \u201cif you don\u2019t take my particular position on the rule of faith, you\u2019re a bad guy. No one could possibly<\/em> disagree with sola Scriptura<\/em> and also reverence the Bible. They must<\/em>\u00a0agree with my [doctrinaire Protestant] position in order to love the Bible.\u201d<\/p>\nNeedless to say, this is hogwash, and doesn\u2019t follow. Many Protestants are so wrapped up in sola Scriptura<\/em> \u2014 like a fish in a fishbowl, that doesn\u2019t know it\u2019s in one, or that there is a world outside of the bowl \u2014 that they can\u2019t even comprehend<\/em> or imagine any other position on the relationship of Bible, Church, and tradition, and so must run down any other view as somehow unsavory and irreverent.<\/p>\nI was asked:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u201cWhy would one need [in order to bolster sola Scriptura<\/em>] a statement from the Bible<\/em> that the Bible is the only infallible rule of faith?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nI replied:<\/p>\n
1. because it is altogether to be expected that a source that is claimed as the only infallible one, would make the claim in the first place, and<\/span><\/span>\u00a0not simply assume its own status as self-evident.<\/span>
2. because it is the only way that the claim can escape vicious self-contradiction:\u00a0<\/span>
A) there is one infallible source.<\/span>
B) the claim of A is either infallible or fallible.<\/span>
C) in order to be infallible, by the system\u2019s own criteria, it must be in the Bible itself.<\/span>
D) But it is not. Therefore, Protestants are relying on a fallible assertion of men (no different than any other tradition) in order to establish that a document is infallible. This makes no sense. It\u2019s thoroughly incoherent and inconsistent. Protestants rail against tradition and then turn around and are forced to use one in order to supposedly overthrow all tradition as authoritative.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nIf anyone is interested in a much deeper analysis of this fundamental issue of Christian authority, I have written two entire books critiquing sola Scriptura<\/em> (one<\/a> \/ two<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Book of Kells, c. 800 (Ireland): folio 292r: the beginning of the Gospel of John [public domain \/ Wikipedia] Protestantism: Scripture is the only infallible authority (sola Scriptura). Catholicism: \u201cthree-legged stool\u201d comprised of Bible-Tradition-Church, with the assumption of apostolic succession, and including ecumenical councils and popes. I\u2019ve written two books, and lengthy parts of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2331,"featured_media":85,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[48,2354,33,49,32,35,47,36],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-and-tradition","tag-bible-alone","tag-bible-and-tradition","tag-christian-authority","tag-protestant-authority","tag-rule-of-faith","tag-scripture-alone","tag-sola-scriptura","tag-three-legged-stool"],"yoast_head":"\n
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