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Discerning the pure confession of the faith.

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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹?

There are only two religions: the religion of salvation by works and the religion of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

In the religion of works, man tries save himself by the merit of his deeds.

The religion of the Gospel, we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

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𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲?

"Those err who also make human reason the principle of Theology... as also those who today peddle as the principle of Theology... or the consensus of the Fathers or of the Church: 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗱, 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 and therefore in the same science it cannot be the principle in which it is principled... Because the principle cannot be posterior, or of inferior authority, than the very science of which it is the principle. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗰𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵, 𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲."

- 𝘈𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘷, 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘢 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮, 𝘝𝘰𝘭. 1, 𝘊𝘩.1

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@logos_asarkos Load-bearing comma.

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𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵?

"...𝗔 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲, whether it is the cause of that thing of which it is the principle or not, 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱.

If it is the cause, it is manifest that without it the effect is not given, and if that is denied the effect is also denied; likewise a cause by nature is always prior to the effect.

𝗜𝗳 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁, 𝗶𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲."

- 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘻, 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘟𝘐𝘐𝘐

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@logos_asarkos "Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀."
- Jude 3

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@Canonandcreed How did Nicolas de Clemanges read Augustine?

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𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝘁. 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹?

"But now I come to the word of Augustine, which thou didst mention, by which the author of the Church seems to be most greatly exalted and supported:

‘𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑙,’ saith he, ‘𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒.’

It seems indeed at first appearance sufficiently wonderful that he seems to place the authority of the Church journeying on earth before the authority of the Gospel, since that [the Church] can be mistaken in many things, but this [the Gospel] altogether cannot, and 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥. 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

Nor can we, as I think, see more certainly 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, than if we grant that it can happen that the Church establish something contrary to the Gospel. Which indeed I know cannot happen, but let us suppose, for the sake of more fully unfolding the truth, that it can happen.

Dost thou think that in that case Augustine would, for the sake of an ecclesiastical statute, have rejected faith in the Gospel? I indeed would not easily believe that that most acute and excellent doctor would have done this, or have meant this by those words, especially since Paul says concerning faith in the Gospel,

‘𝐼𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛, 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒, 𝑙𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑎,’

something else, I say, that is, the contrary."

-𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘊𝘭𝘦́𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰 𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪 (𝘤. 1415–1416)

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𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵?

"...𝗔 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲, whether it is the cause of that thing of which it is the principle or not, 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱.

If it is the cause, it is manifest that without it the effect is not given, and if that is denied the effect is also denied; likewise a cause by nature is always prior to the effect.

𝗜𝗳 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁, 𝗶𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲."

- 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘻, 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘟𝘐𝘐𝘐

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Same reasoning behind charismatic infallibility, btw.

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Repent? That’s for Catholics. I’m eternally secure.

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𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆.

"But 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲, that (𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦) 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘁; nay rather, as it is wont to be said, to hate it worse than a dog and a snake.

Hence, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘁, and altogether, with the malice and impiety of a man growing, there grow together with it those capital enmities against this word of God. So much the more evidently 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗯𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘁."

- Æ𝘨𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘴, 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, & 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 & 𝘈𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘭𝘥 & 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘈.𝘟𝘟

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@Canonandcreed @ChildOfStThomas My timeline is filled daily with ignorant addresses to 'The Protestant Church,' where anabaptist folk-theology is denied in favor of concepts that are not even distinctly Roman, but are framed as such.

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@DrJordanBCooper @recusantcomform Simul justus et peccator.

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@RevIsaacWirtz 'Divisions in the Apostolic Church arose because men refused to recognize the Word of the Apostles as the Word of God and offered the Church in place of the Word of God their own human notions'.

It really is that simple.

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Holy Scripture.

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@InspiringPhilos @HansFiene Confess the formula and we'll put on the pressure.

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What is a principle of knowledge?

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲?

It is a foundational source, norm, or starting point from which further claims are derived and by which they are evaluated. It functions as a basic rule, standard, or origin that organizes and governs a body of knowledge, practice, or reasoning.

In other words, it is an authority with jurisdiction over a certain domain, with competence to rule discourse within that domain.

It can be understood in both formal and material categories.

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸?

No principle of knowledge can be posterior to or of inferior authority to that which it principles

(𝘈 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦.)

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