JohnV
Puritan Board Post-Graduate
If I'm not mistaken, this thread is starting to break up. It's getting into the area of "You said this", "No, I didn't". Before this thread gets closed I'd like to ask everyone a question or two.
It's curious that this thread is about how we know. I'm sure of a few things, and I'm not sure of them in the way Scripturalism describes how I know these things, it seems to me. Nor do I find that our Church fathers knew the doctrines in that way. It seems that 1 John 1 keeps coming to mind, about knowing and being verified witnesses because "we saw", "we touched", "we lived with", and "our fellowship is with God".
However, this intro is just a way to introduce my question. I want to ask a "how do you know?" question, but one a bit different. It is clear enough to me that Scripturalism's object of faith is the propositional Word, not God Himself as three persons of the Trinity; we are not led to God through the Word, but we are led to the Propositional Truth through the pages of the Bible by Scripturalism. So here's the question to all of you:
What marks of Scripturalism show it to be something you will not put your trust in? I stated one of the marks that I noticed, but there are quite a few more. What are the ones that impressed themselves upon you?
At the same time, as Sean has stated what he thinks the common objection to Scripturalism seems to be to him, as he understands it, what mark stands out in the objections that make them appear wrong to Scripturalists?
It's curious that this thread is about how we know. I'm sure of a few things, and I'm not sure of them in the way Scripturalism describes how I know these things, it seems to me. Nor do I find that our Church fathers knew the doctrines in that way. It seems that 1 John 1 keeps coming to mind, about knowing and being verified witnesses because "we saw", "we touched", "we lived with", and "our fellowship is with God".
However, this intro is just a way to introduce my question. I want to ask a "how do you know?" question, but one a bit different. It is clear enough to me that Scripturalism's object of faith is the propositional Word, not God Himself as three persons of the Trinity; we are not led to God through the Word, but we are led to the Propositional Truth through the pages of the Bible by Scripturalism. So here's the question to all of you:
What marks of Scripturalism show it to be something you will not put your trust in? I stated one of the marks that I noticed, but there are quite a few more. What are the ones that impressed themselves upon you?
At the same time, as Sean has stated what he thinks the common objection to Scripturalism seems to be to him, as he understands it, what mark stands out in the objections that make them appear wrong to Scripturalists?