tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post226831351503959493..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: Blueprints for AnarchyTurretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-74965000572755768102009-09-15T19:11:19.867+01:002009-09-15T19:11:19.867+01:00"Anarchy is a sweet word, but we all need fur..."Anarchy is a sweet word, but we all need furniture"<br />- from the song "Anarchy" by Nobody Can Dance<br /><br />Okay perhaps musicians are the last place we look to for political guidance, but it is a breath of fresh air to hear lyrics that actually say something worthwhile. Though people have interpreted this song, and this quote in particular, in different ways, but NCD123https://www.blogger.com/profile/05675121776533357690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-57787668402266859972009-09-03T20:58:18.177+01:002009-09-03T20:58:18.177+01:00Thanks, natamllc!Thanks, natamllc!Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126868703568627388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-13165283091635851202009-09-03T12:40:58.407+01:002009-09-03T12:40:58.407+01:00Alex:
As you should know, even some of the early ...Alex:<br /><br />As you should know, even some of the early reformers "believed in" the perpetual virginity. Of course, none of them (from the early church to the Reformers) made the perpetual virginity an article of faith (even if a few folks like Jerome took a very stern line). And Sola Scriptura is not about every historical view that people may have. So you're surprise shouldTurretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-45425358571902291962009-09-03T03:48:12.692+01:002009-09-03T03:48:12.692+01:00OK, back, read up and here's my vote,
1, Murr...OK, back, read up and here's my vote,<br /><br />1, Murrell<br />2, Swan<br />3, Hays<br /><br />I liked the depth of Murrell and the ease of reading what he wrote.<br /><br />I liked Swan but I guess I would have to go back and reread it to say why. He does refute Madrid.<br /><br />I was enjoying the memories of the Discovery Channel watching the fish in the sea and the days of sitting in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-76980171644811442762009-09-03T03:34:51.172+01:002009-09-03T03:34:51.172+01:00The early church believed in sola scriptura.
The ...The early church believed in sola scriptura.<br /><br />The early church believed in the perpetual virginity of Mary.<br /><br />The perpetual virginity of Mary is according to Protestants against scripture.<br /><br />Yet the early church professed belief in Mary's perpetual virginity.<br /><br />Very interesting.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353069946995823072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-77915251783697529862009-09-02T23:05:56.003+01:002009-09-02T23:05:56.003+01:00Patrick Madrid seems not to understand that 's...Patrick Madrid seems not to understand that 'sola scriptura' was a term that came up after all of God's word was written down. That does not mean that those who first used the term meant for written scripture to be separated from the spoken words of the prophets or old or the personal way that God spoke to the earliest Patriarchs of the Old Testament. It doesn't mean that we Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126868703568627388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-63465733537541248462009-09-02T22:52:15.912+01:002009-09-02T22:52:15.912+01:00Turretinfan,
I especially liked the Stanford E. Mu...Turretinfan,<br />I especially liked the Stanford E. Murrell post. <br /><br />Here's a related article by a Roman Catholic, Simon Cozens, on why scripture can't interpret scripture:<br />http://www.simon-cozens.org/content/why-scripture-doesnt-interpret-scripture<br /><br />Here's my answer to the Catholic lady who asked me what I thought about the article:<br /><i>There's alot IJenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126868703568627388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-53944535039571264332009-09-02T22:39:32.368+01:002009-09-02T22:39:32.368+01:00Without going to James Swan, Stanford E. Murrell o...Without going to James Swan, Stanford E. Murrell or Steve Hays, I'll come to that later, I just wanted to highlight this portion of Madrid:::><br /><br />"....we would expect to find it everywhere taught <br />and practiced in the early Church....".<br /><br />Huh? Quite the contrary and ironically he is establishing that very fact!<br /><br />Sometimes when reading the works of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com