Sources of Wisdom & Authority Flashcards
2 Timothy 3:16
“Scripture is God-breathed”
Believing the Bible is not perfect would have ‘disastrous consequences’.
St. Augustine
W.L Craig on plenary verb inspiration
‘everything that the Bible affirms to be true, is true’
“interpreting the word of God..has been entrusted exclusively to the living teaching office of the Church.”
Dei Verbum
Quote that can show Church authority
“Whoever hears you, hears me. Whoever rejects you, rejects me”
Luke 10:16
1 Timothy 2:5
“one mediator between God and mankind, the man Jesus Christ”
“The Father and I are one”
John 10:30
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me” (Jesus)
Matthew 28:18
J. Hick on Jesus’ authority as only human
Jesus didn’t “believe he was the Son of God in a unique sense”