Aug
16
Those big bad Catholics - Part II
The gentleman running the evangelical blog I was responding to in my post below offered a courteous and thoughtful reply to my comment, which included the following:
"As an evangelical, I agree that we can TRY to justify all manner of foolishness, but we have an enduring authority outside of ourselves, the Scriptures, which continually critique our theology. I agree that many evangelicals have not paid attention to church history and for that reason have fallen into errors. Others have tried to be Lone Ranger interpreters, but our interpretation should come within the context of a relationship with our local church, and pastors should be in contact with the work of biblical scholars, church historians, etc. to arrive at a better understanding of the Word of God.
"As an evangelical, I agree that we can TRY to justify all manner of foolishness, but we have an enduring authority outside of ourselves, the Scriptures, which continually critique our theology. I agree that many evangelicals have not paid attention to church history and for that reason have fallen into errors. Others have tried to be Lone Ranger interpreters, but our interpretation should come within the context of a relationship with our local church, and pastors should be in contact with the work of biblical scholars, church historians, etc. to arrive at a better understanding of the Word of God.
