I was musing about this TA/TE distinction yesteday while listening to James White on the way to Church. He was answering a question about the infallible magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church and I began to wonder about the formulation of that concept up against the formulation of this concept.
It seems that the recognition that God's ideal communication in ectypal revelation accomodates to us all Truth that God has chosen to reveal necessarily precludes the idea of the infallible Magisterium of Rome. 2 Tim 3:16-17 would be a presentation of this concept that God has revealed a perfectly sufficient revelation to equip men for every good work.
It was very helpful when it dawned on me that Ectypal theology is not how we understand it but what God reveals. It seems it is the task of the Church to accurately bear witness to that Truth but that is different than saying that the witness is infallible like TE itself.
Thoughts?
It seems that the recognition that God's ideal communication in ectypal revelation accomodates to us all Truth that God has chosen to reveal necessarily precludes the idea of the infallible Magisterium of Rome. 2 Tim 3:16-17 would be a presentation of this concept that God has revealed a perfectly sufficient revelation to equip men for every good work.
It was very helpful when it dawned on me that Ectypal theology is not how we understand it but what God reveals. It seems it is the task of the Church to accurately bear witness to that Truth but that is different than saying that the witness is infallible like TE itself.
Thoughts?