{"id":2055,"date":"2009-03-02T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2009\/03\/sola-scriptura-and-the-fathers-of-the-church-2\/"},"modified":"2009-03-02T12:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-02T12:20:00","slug":"sola-scriptura-and-the-fathers-of-the-church-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2009\/03\/sola-scriptura-and-the-fathers-of-the-church-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Sola Scriptura and the Fathers of the Church &#8211; 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_5BV_YADVD7o\/SawWerimLcI\/AAAAAAAADHM\/_AOTcWiosE8\/s1600-h\/chrysostom.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 218px;height: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_5BV_YADVD7o\/SawWerimLcI\/AAAAAAAADHM\/_AOTcWiosE8\/s320\/chrysostom.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a>That the Scriptures were never intended to teach complete Christian doctrine:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic\">\u201cHence it is plain that the Apostles did not deliver to us everything by their epistles, but many things without writing. These are equally to be believed. Wherefore let us believe the tradition of the Church. It is tradition. Seek no further.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic\"><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic\">St John Chrysostom, (commenting on 2 Thess. 2:14) \u00a0Hom. iv.in 2 Thess.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That the Scriptures were never intended to teach complete Christian doctrine: \u201cHence it is plain that the Apostles did not deliver to us everything by their epistles, but many things without writing. These are equally to be believed. Wherefore let us believe the tradition of the Church. It is tradition. 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