Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Interpretation

Regina Angelorum

It is the essence of Romanism that the authority of the living church interprets to the individual believer the meaning of the word 'God' and the word 'Christ.' What the Bible says to the individual is mediated through the declarative activity of the church which is assumed to be infallible.

- Cornelius Van Til

Maybe I'm missing something here, but wasn't the entire reason for the Council of Nicea to interpret to the individual believer the meaning of the words "God" and "Christ" in such a way that if a believer were to disagree with Nicea the believer is understood to be wrong?

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Faith & Reason

Regina Angelorum
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? - Tertullian

My answer: Rome.