A Scriptural Witness Against Romanism And Ritualism

Author : Melancthon W. Jacobus
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ISBN 13 : 9781331315254
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book A Plea for the Critical Study of the Scriptures Against Romanism and Rationalism written by Melancthon W. Jacobus and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Plea for the Critical Study of the Scriptures Against Romanism and Rationalism: A Discourse "I know but little of the Hebrew," said one of the great Reformers, "but the little that I know, I would not exchange for worlds." This was the Reformation spirit, roused, at length, after the slumber of ages, to protest against any infallible expositor of God's Word - to assert the right of private judgment under the promised guidance of the Holy Ghost, and to subject every opinion to the test of Sacred Writ as the only infallible rule of faith and practice. The Protestant principle looked beyond versions, as it looked beyond creeds. It would be content only with searching out the very mind of the Spirit. Papacy and Infidelity can forego this task. And in proportion as the Scriptures have been held in reverence as the very Word of God for every man, in that proportion has the study of the originals been pursued. Hence we challenge Romanism on the one hand, and Infidelity on the other, with the Scriptures in the sacred tongues. Our Protestant Bible is not King James' version, nor Luther's, nor the Geneva - not any nor all of these - so much as it is the Hebrew and Greek Testaments. But the Romanist's Bible is the Latin Vulgate, with its apocrypha and the endless traditions which they have set above the word of God. And this Bible of theirs is not as old as Christianity by some six hundred years. And hence let me say, that Church itself cannot be older than the seventh century, unless it was a Church without its Bible. And what claim has their Bible to be standard in Christendom? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.