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Apostolic Fathers used scripture as the primary defense against false
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450 AD: Theodoret:
"I follow the laws and rules of the apostles. I test my teaching by
applying to it, like a rule and measure, the faith laid down by the holy
and blessed Fathers at Nicaea. If any one maintain that I hold any contrary
opinion, let him accuse me face to face; let him not slander me in my
absence." (Theodoret, letters, 40)
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As we have seen from Athanasius (Athanasius, de Synodis, Part 1, 6), the
church viewed the every phrase of the Nicene creed as being based directly
upon scripture, not some unwritten oral tradition. So when Theodoret about
125 years later that he follows the "laws and rules of the apostles" AND
"the faith at Nicea" it surely doesn't provide the proof Catholic and
Orthodox defenders are looking for. Yes Theodoret has a two fold authority:
1. the Bible and 2. the Nicene creed. But the creed is viewed by Theodoret
as a condensed version of the Bible. We point out the folly of creed
making. For although most of the Nicene creed is indeed accurate, the
creeds that followed became progressively "less based upon the Bible" while
men's allegiance increased. Creed are wrong because they complete with the
authority of the Bible. Today Roman Catholics and Orthodox common folk,
don't even both with the Bible, they just obey the creeds.
by Steve Rudd
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