Word: scriptura
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with Rome has contributed to a new concern of Faith and Order's ec umenical theologians-the nature and scope of Christian tradition. Both Rome and Orthodoxy accept apostolic tradition as well as scripture as a fount of Divine Revelation; virtually all Protestants follow the rule of sola scriptura -the Bible alone as the repository of God's message. Yet much of the talk at the Conference was devoted to the way tradition has shaped man's interpretation of the Bible. One probable consequence of this new concern: a re-examination by Protestant theologians of Scriptural texts...
...Blake would unite the churches by throwing out the Protestant principle of sola scriptura. Once the Biblical curb on ecclesiastical power is removed, there is not a chance of stopping the bureaucrat. And guess who that lucky dog would be? The "organization man"-the man in the image of Dr. Blake. Our appeal to sola scriptura was given the heave ho. But without sola scriptura, you simply cannot be Protestant at all, much less Calvinist...
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