What is the Roman Catholic View of Authority? | Rapp Report Daily 0086 | Striving for Eternity
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- Welcome to The Rapid Pull, daily edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications.
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- This is a ministry of striving for eternity. This week, we're going to take a look at Roman Catholicism. And what we first want to look at is what is their view of their authority.
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- Now, they have three separate things that they would see as being equal in authority.
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- First would be Scripture. Now, we would want to say that there should be nothing more important or higher in authority than Scripture.
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- But that's not so for the Roman Catholic Church. In fact, this is what caused the Reformation, because people said,
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- Sola Scriptura, by Scripture alone, would be the argumentation. It actually started before Luther with a man named
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- John Hus, and even before him a little bit. But what we see is that they believe in Tradition, Scripture, and the
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- Church, or the Magisterium. Now, the issue is that they would say that their Traditions are equal in authority with Scripture, but the reality is they argue that the
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- Church, or Magisterium, are the only ones that can interpret Scripture.
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- When you have anyone that can say they're the only ones to interpret Scripture, then by default, they become a higher authority than Scripture.
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- So, the Roman Catholic Church actually sets itself up as being higher in authority than either
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- Scripture or Tradition. And so, when they say that they're equal in authority, the reality is they argue that the one interprets the others, therefore, it's a higher authority.
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- and get more information on Roman Catholicism and what they believe. This podcast is part of the
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