Anglo Methodist. Husband/Father Paleo-Orthodoxy advocate. Enjoyer of various bourbons and whiskeys.
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„Der Anfang des wahrhaftigen Lebens eines Menschen ist die Gottesfurcht. Doch billigt die Gottesfurcht nicht, mit der Zerstreuung zusammen in der Seele zu sein.“
- St. Isaak der Syrer, Reden zur Askese, Homilie 1, 1.10, S. 23
This is your daily reminder that the earliest Church was predominantly premillennial and you should be too!
Your question assumes something SS doesn't claim. The claim is that Scripture is the only infallible norm, not that any one interpreter is infallible. We do it much in the same way Roman Catholics since the magisterium has formally defined so few verses. 👇
In celebration of Reformation Month, I have a question for Protestants.
If Scripture is the sole infallible rule of faith, by what infallible authority do you know your interpretation of it is correct when another Bible-believing Christian reading the exact same verses reaches an opposing doctrine?
For example:
On baptism: You read John 3:5 and 1 Peter 3:21 as a symbolic ordinance with no saving power, while a Lutheran reads those exact words and insists baptism objectively washes away original sin and saves the soul.
On salvation: You read John 10:28 to mean a believer can never lose salvation, while a Methodist reads Hebrews 6:4–6 and insists a true Christian can commit apostasy and go to hell.
On communion: You read Matthew 26:26 as a pure metaphor, while a Reformed Christian reads it as spiritual communion and a Lutheran reads it as the actual physical body and blood in, with, and under the bread.
Both of you pray to the same Holy Spirit.
Both of you use the same Bible. One of you is objectively wrong on a core matter of salvation.
Since the Bible cannot speak off the page to resolve who is right, how do you prove your personal interpretation is divine truth rather than just your fallible opinion?
all treat baptism as a real means of grace and the washing of original sin. "Symbolic only" is a minority view.
And honestly Rome, her magisterium, really doesn’t solve this.
Consider the counter question:
If we need infallible certainty to know we've interpreted
“Don't be troubled if you don't feel the love of God in yourself, but think about the Lord, that He is merciful, and guard yourself from sins, and the grace of God will teach you”
St. Silouan the Athonite
