{"id":25684,"date":"2014-08-17T07:41:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T11:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=25684"},"modified":"2014-08-17T07:41:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T11:41:19","slug":"scripture-is-not-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/08\/scripture-is-not-alone.html","title":{"rendered":"Scripture is Not Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Kristen<\/p>\n

\u00a0The fact is that \u201cscriptura\u201d by its very nature is\u00a0<\/span>a book that people read<\/i>, so it cannot stand \u201csola\u201d \u2014 alone and isolated from the humans who read it. \u00a0Every time we read the Bible, we are seeing it through the windows of our own experience, and understanding it according to our own reasoning. And this practically always encompasses at least some church tradition regarding\u00a0<\/span>how to understand the text<\/i>. \u00a0So sola scriptura, instead of giving us an objective means for judging the legitimacy of church tradition, ends up merely giving us the\u00a0<\/span>illusion\u00a0<\/i>of objectivity, while we fail to notice or examine the church traditions and other underlying factors which affect the way we understand the Bible texts.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The quote comes from the post \u201cSola Scriptura?\u201d on the blog Wordgazer\u2019s Words<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0The fact is that \u201cscriptura\u201d by its very nature is\u00a0a book that people read, so it cannot stand \u201csola\u201d \u2014 alone and isolated from the humans who read it. \u00a0Every time we read the Bible, we are seeing it through the windows of our own experience, and understanding it according to our own reasoning. 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