ORIGINAL POST CENTERED ON THESE FIVE, BUT I FOUND ONE WHICH IS OUTSTANDING
Colossians 1:24
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
''for your sake,'' (Not only God, but a cooperation), DO (action, a work) my share on behalf of HIS Body (THE CHURCH!), in filling what is lacking (NOT FINISHED) in Christ's afflictions.
5 Articles of Scripture which should make any Protestant stay aback in laying any claim to Sola Scriptura, and thus Truth.
1 - 1 Tim 3 : 15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
2 - Romans 13 1 Every [a]person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except [b]from God, and those which exist are established by God. 2 Therefore [c]whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. 3 For rulers are not a cause of fear for [d]good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; 4 for
it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be
afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a
minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil. 5 Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience’ sake. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. 7 Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
Of course, it mainly speaks to civil authority, but the ending of verse one suggests all authority, and does it make sense that one should be subject to only civil authority and not a spiritual authority when the general existence of authority is 'established by God?' And this is vindicated in 1 Corin 1 : 10 -13
3 - ALL OF THE SERMON OF THE MOUNT FROM MATT 5 - 7 : 27
Matt 5 : 13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how [e]can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.
14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a [f]hill cannot be hidden; 15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a [g]basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
17 “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. 18 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not [h]the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches [i]others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever [j]keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 “For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
4 - Parable of the Sower Explained
Luke 8 : 11 “Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God. 12 Those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved. 13 Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; [c]they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away. 14 The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity. 15 But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with [d]perseverance.
As I believe the Catholic Church maintains the true interpretations of the Word, I believe the first is one who as said, begins on the path to righteousness, but follows the wrong course by persuasions of the devil, the second is not protestants as a whole as it says that they lose faith after a while, but this does show that Born-Again Christians are wrong in thinking that one can not lose salvation from their belief. The third can be light weight to earthly to rich and powerful Catholics or hints towards the protestant theology inspired by the temporal concerns of modern liberty. Forth is self-explanatory, but the existence of 'perseverance' once again fortifies the idea that we are not saved by faith alone!
5- St. Paul, not only St. Peter, makes the case that we are justified by deeds,
Romans 2 : 5 But [d]because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, 6 who will render to each person according to his deeds: 7 to those who by perseverance (Luke 8 : 15) in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; 8 but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.
Romans 2 : 12 For all who have sinned [f]without the Law will also perish [g]without the Law, and all who have sinned [h]under the Law will be judged [i]by the Law; 13 for it is not the hearers [j]of the Law who are [k]just before God, but the doers [l]of the Law will be justified. 14 For when Gentiles who do not have [m]the Law do [n]instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having [o]the Law, are a law to themselves, 15 in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, 16 on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.
Historical claim against Sola Scriptura
The historical claim against Sola Scriptura is that it was the authority that the protestants protest against that claimed the authority to establish the Bible.
That is, the authority that the protestants say have no authority are indeed the ones who decided which books should be in the Bible.
It was a collection of bishops at the Council of Rome in the year 382, after Constantine.
If we are to be a scriptural based religion, ask yourself a very reasonable question: If God's intent was to have scripture, why didn't Jesus write?
You sort of wish he did, but he did not which is a clear indication that His Will was for man to carry the burden to bring the Good News to the world. He taught, and told His Apostles to teach as He did. It is scriptural that Jesus told His followers to teach the Word :
Matt 28 : 20 teaching them oto observe all that pI have commanded you. And behold, qI am with you always, to rthe end of the age.”
This is clear that we are to listen to men of the Christian God. We are to be humble in being guided and taught.
I made up a quote, and it is relevant to this case : Even the smallest journeys teach us about ourselves.... We can not be answered until we allow ourselves to be guided
My dear wife, an Evangelical Luthern of the Church of Denmark, made claim to me, ''The Bible is there so everyone can read the Word of God.''
This is not the case, anyone who reads about what went on at the Council of Rome in 382 when the Bible canon was established would find out.
It was decided, not only which books are true, but which books are meant to be read in Mass, that is, the feast of the Lord.
Thorough non-Christian scholarship has indicated that in those days, it was common to have a biographical piece of literature read at meals, at meals!
What is a Christian meal? The remembrance and true sacrifice of the Eucharist ( Eucharist explained:Christ-in-the-eucharist ).
The officials, who were granted their positions by ordination straight from the Apostles, kept the canon in Latin.
Why not the vernacular? It was an attempt to make the mass universal, that is, exactly the same, and to them it was also important people could pray the prayers they learn no matter where they were in the world.
The Bible simply was not made for individual interpretation. It was also not only claiming which scriptures are true or not. The Apocalypse, or revelation, of Peter was not rejected based on Truth, but on that idea that it did not match the intent of the Mass: wiki/Apocalypse_of_Peter
And the Protestants who rail against the Romanism of the Catholic Church, seriously overlook the beauty of what happened in 313 through the Edict of Milan. It was extraordinary! So extraordinary, it was supernatural as Constantine's motivations came from a revelation in a dream.
Think biblically, the Jews expected a conqueror to defeat the Romans. What happened? Of course it was not the way it was expected, but in the infinite wisdom of God and the power of Christ persevered and this Church He built took down the pagan Roman conquerors.
How Glorious! And this story of Constantine is exactly the mysticism and mystery that Protestantism lacks, and the Catholic faith is engulfed with.
AGAINST SALVATION APART FROM BAPTISM
The following is from: Catholic Answers
Born of Water and the Spirit
The passage in Romans 6 (backed up by Colossians 2) is not the only
evidence from the New Testament that baptism is effective and therefore
necessary for salvation. The apostles Peter and John confirm St. Paul’s
teaching. In Acts 2, when St. Peter is preaching at Pentecost, his
hearers ask what they must do to be saved, and he replies, "Repent and
be baptized." In 1 Peter 3, Noah’s ark is referred to as a type of
baptism, and Peter writes, "In it only a few people, eight in all, were
saved through water, and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves
you—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good
conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ"
(1 Pet. 3:20-21).The most famous New Testament evidence for the efficacy and necessity of baptism is in John’s Gospel. When Nicodemus comes to visit Jesus by night, Jesus says that a person cannot enter the kingdom of God without being born again. Nicodemus asks how a man might enter again into his mother’s womb and Jesus corrects him, saying, "No one can enter the kingdom of heaven unless he is born of water and the Spirit" (John 3:3-5). From the earliest days of the Church this passage has been understood to refer to baptism, and this interpretation is virtually unanimous down through history.
Once again, to the question of authority, well I leave it to the Honorable Archbishop Fulton Sheen to disclose this reality of authority. In short, the authorities of God are not in authority for power, but of service!
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