former Roman Catholic priest for 22 years Richard Bennett (website: http://www.BEREANBEACON.ORG) on a vital Biblical issue.
An absolute standard for truth was stated by the Lord Jesus Christ, "The scripture cannot be broken" (John 10:35). The Lord declared the truth of God's Word in the following words, "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth" (John 17:17). From this statement we understand that God's Word not only contains the truth, but rather, it is truth itself. That source, the Holy Scripture, is the believer's standard of truth. Since Scripture alone is inspired, it alone is the ultimate authority, and it alone is the final judge of all human traditions and reasoning. Thus, that commandment of the Lord is stated in Proverbs 30:6, "Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar." God commands us that we are not to add to His Word. The absolute authority of the Lord God in His written Word is totally sufficient for all the believer's needs, as outlined by the Apostle Paul when he wrote, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works" (II Timothy 3:16-17).
The Roman Church officially opposes this . She begins her reasoning in paragraphs 80 and 81 as she states, "Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture, then, are bound closely together and communicate one with the other" (Para 80). "And [Holy] Tradition transmits in its entirety the Word of God, which has been entrusted to the apostles by Christ the Lord and the Holy Spirit" (Para 81). |
