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| Appeal, in Discussion of Heresy, Lies Not to the Scriptures. The Scriptures Belong Only to Those Who Have the Rule of Faith.
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Chapter XIX.—Appeal, in
Discussion of Heresy, Lies Not to the Scriptures. The Scriptures Belong
Only to Those Who Have the Rule of Faith.
Our appeal, therefore, must not be made to the
Scriptures; nor must controversy be admitted on points in which victory
will either be impossible,2046
or uncertain, or
not certain enough.2047
But even if a
discussion from the Scriptures2048
| 2048 Conlatio scripturarum,
or, “a polemical comparison of the Scriptures.” | should not turn out
in such a way as to place both sides on a par, (yet) the natural order
of things would require that this point should be first proposed, which
is now the only one which we must discuss: “With whom lies that
very faith to which the Scriptures belong.2049
| 2049 Quibus competat fides
ipsa cujus sint Scripturæ. |
From what and through whom, and when, and to whom, has been handed down
that rule,2050
| 2050 Disciplina [or, where
was the guide-post set?] | by which men become
Christians?” For wherever it shall be manifest that the true
Christian rule and faith shall be, there will likewise be the true
Scriptures and expositions thereof, and all the Christian
traditions.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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