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Debate: Does the Magisterium have authority over the Bible, or does the Bible have authority over the Magisterium? (view source)
Revision as of 05:02, August 3, 2020
, 05:02, August 3, 2020→Answer from IndependentSkeptic ( 01:01, 3 August 2020 (EDT) )
(1) If a person believes the institution of the church's magisterium has divine authority from God because Jesus built his church on rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it, because the church of the living God is the pillar and ground of the truth, as the Bible says—then the Bible-believer is obligated to submit to its every [[doctrine]] and [[dogma]] as the truth.
(1) If a person believes the institution of the church's magisterium has divine authority from God because Jesus built his church on rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it, because the church of the living God is the pillar and ground of the truth, as the Bible says—then the Bible-believer is obligated to submit to its every [[doctrine]] and [[dogma]] as the truth.
(2) If a person believes the institution of the church's magisterium has only the earthly authority of men, being by now an established authority on earth, and there is "''no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God''", and if the magisterium of the church is the institution of men—then the Bible-believer is obligated to submit to the institution of the magisterium of the church in its every doctrine and dogma.
(2) If a person believes the institution of the church's magisterium has only the earthly authority of men, being by now an established authority on earth, and there is "''no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God''", and if the magisterium of the church is the institution of men—then the Bible-believer is obligated to submit to the institution of the magisterium of the church in its every doctrine and dogma.
''Therefore'':
:''Therefore'':
:*if the ordinances of the Magisterium are from God the Bible commands that you submit;
:*if the ordinances of the Magisterium are from God the Bible commands that you submit;
:*if the ordinances of the Magisterium are from man the Bible commands that you submit;
:*if the ordinances of the Magisterium are from man the Bible commands that you submit;