GRGR: Gospels & stuff

David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
Sat Jan 1 16:45:11 CST 2000


>From: Peter Petto <
>
>rj wrote in response to David Morris:
>
>> > > Beyond all that, there are many who would call all
>> > > Biblical text a form of "dictation,"  from God's mouth
>> > > to the scribe's pen.
>>
>>  Even the Vatican is bending on this one I think.
>
>What is the Vatican saying now? What did they used to say?
>

The Vatcan has never placed too much authority in Bliblial text.  Church 
hierarchy, starting with the Pope, is far more important, followed by 
tradition.  The Bible's weight is below these, thus the Vatican never really 
had to bend on this one.

Southern Babtists on the other hand...

DM
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