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Defence of Sola Scriptura: the need for a this truth to be known

Defence of Sola Scriptura:  the need for a this truth to be known   Introduction There seems to be an unrelenting attack on this most important pillar of the Protestant Reformation of late. Let us now turn our attention to one such argument which is put forth by both the Roman Catholic apologists and the orthodox apologists; in order that, we may  critique it. Sola scriptura: inadequacy and unbiblical nature.  The idea that the only rule of faith  for the Christian and the church is the text of scripture is itself a-historical and unbiblical     There was no canon of scripture in the early church for many centuries—in fact, it was not until the 7th century when John of Damascus that we got the canon as we know it. So this is a problem. The church has always operated on the foundation of there being two bodies of traditions.  The first is the oral (or spoken) in nature; the second is the written (the scriptures). It is easy to refute from scriptures themselves—there was no New Testament

The philosophical objection dealing with the omni-attributes

Note: it has been several years (originally written in 2018) since I wrote this Article, and in that time I have to a position where I no longer think or speak in terms of systematic theological propositions. this means that while I still see much in this article that is good and right-- and must be accepted on biblical grounds. however, I now do not see the point in responding to such objections as important as it is not a worthy endeavour. But I will still posit it for for other to consider: The philosophical objection dealing with the omni-attributes Introduction When Christian truth comes into a different cultural context; it faces many different responses: both positive and negative. In the case of the negative response or objections; it has sufficiently good answers to. There is one objection that has been raised for many years and that is the “problem of evil”  or as it is commonly proclaimed. But in reality it is no problem when we have the solution to evil.  Let us pose this i