Biblical Divorce Scripture
Where is the evidence that some Biblical doctrine is debatable?
I often see this notion tossed around that there are debatable or secondary teachings in the Bible.
If we have one Lord, one God, one Spirit and one faith, how can there possibly be so many equally valid interpretations of Holy Scripture?
Examples
Baptism, mode and meaning
Eucharist, mode and meaning
Second Coming, mode
Women Pastors, allowed or not allowed
Kingdom of God/Heaven, mode and meaning
Divorce, allowed or not allowed
These are just some of the doctrines that are sometimes called debatable, secondary, or non-essential. However, I can't find even one instance where the Lord Jesus Christ or His Apostles taught on these subjects and then said, " OK, now that I have taught on this go aside, discuss it and decide what you are going to do with it."
Will someone please point to the passage where even one Biblical author got the go ahead from the Holy Ghost to call some teaching non-essential, secondary or debatable?
"If we have one Lord, one God, one Spirit and one faith, how can there possibly be so many equally valid interpretations of Holy Scripture?" The only good answer is that there is only one valid interpretation.
That interpretation was explained by Jesus privately to the disciples. Most of his public teaching used figurative language, partly to make people think, but also because his ideas were too revolutionary for the religious establishment, who hounded him throughout his ministry and eventually succeeded in getting him nailed to a cross.
There are many examples in the gospel of the disciples asking Jesus to explain his parables and figurative teachings. Some of those explanations are recorded; concerning others, see John 21:25.
The destructive teachings of Martin Luther about "sola scriptura" have led to the dilution of Christian teachings. I note at least two answers from atheists here deriding Christians for contradictions in the Bible, which assumes a holy-book, sola scriptura faith that is alien to original Christianity.
Jesus never intended his new faith to be confined to a holy book or subject to individual interpretation. He established and empowered one Church to "bind and loose" in all matters of doctrine and interpretation (Matt 16:18, 18:18).
The Fathers of the Church demonstrate near unanimity in all interpretive questions. Christianity will regain its lost unity when we return to the settled, definitive answers of the early Church.
http://www.catholic.com/library/fathers_know_best.asp
Cheers,
Bruce
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