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The Bible as authority
CONSERVATISM:
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CATHOLICIS:
- The bible is inspired by God
- Apostolic tradition: stems from Jesus' apsotles
- Jesus told them to preach the gospels and make more disciples
- Apostolic succession:
- Jesus' apostles appointed bishops to be their successors and the bishops were given teaching authority which established a line of succession lasting to the end of time
- Tradition is seen as a living tradition
- tradition is seen as dynamic
- new truths can be revealed in scripture
- The bible is there to share the same divine authority-
scripture is the voice of god
- Both scripture and tradition have equal authority
- the magisterium interpret both
- genesis 1 never untended to be a scientific or factual account of the origins of the universe
- it was intended to convey truths about the nature of god
NEO-ORTHODOXY:
- Reject conservative belief in biblical inerrancy largely because modern forms of studying the bible suggest parts of it aren't true due to historical & scientific errors
- E.G creation of Genesis was a re-write of an older Babylonian myth
- Bible contains apparent contradictions
- E.G mark says anybody who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery,
-but in Matthew Jesus says than except from unfaithfulness, it is adultery
- Barth- bible isn't the word of God but contains the word of god
- christianity is gods attempt to reach humanity
- God doesn't reveal himself in words of the bible , but through Jesus who is the word
LIBERALISM:
- Reject any idea that the bible is literally the inspired word of god
- The social gospel movement:
- the bible is authoritative for recommending how we should live
- process theologians:
- argue for the discrepancies between the bible and science
- the bible is an entirely human document about god and his purpose for the world
- rejects any idea that the bible contains any scientific knowledge or humans or the universe
- God is not omnipotent, he only persuaded matter
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