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Scripture Is First & Final: A Response to Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Claims About Tradition

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By Renew Ancient Church Collective | Bio

The Renew Ancient Church Collective is a fluid group of RENEW.org Network scholars and church leaders with PhDs and expertise in Early Church history (many teach at theological institutions) and the contemporary church. They focus on questions of church history, especially early church history, and the claims of the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. We do not publish a list of the participants because it is not necessary to the collaborative work of the Collective and because of sensitivity to academic, professional, and personal relationships that may be involved.

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Where Scripture is silent . . .

Christians get creative. This has meant Sunday School, hymnals, and communion meditations. More recently, it means rock band worship, online services, and megachurches.

But treating silence as permissive has also meant Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic practices such as . . .

  • Infant baptism
  • Praying to saints
  • Confession to a priest
  • Icon veneration

When it comes to these Orthodox and Catholic practices, are they just exercising their God-given freedom given the Bible’s silence?

Or have they “nullified the word of God for the sake of [their] tradition” (Matthew 15:6, NIV)?

“When it comes to these Orthodox and Catholic practices, are they just exercising their God-given freedom given the Bible’s silence?”

The Renew Ancient Church Collective is an evolving group of scholars with doctorates in the early Christian centuries. To help you think through the claims of Catholicism and Orthodoxy, the Collective has put together the eBook Scripture Is First and Final: A Response to Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Claims About Tradition. In this free resource, you will wrestle with:

  • Should we question Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions?
  • How should Scripture and Tradition relate?
  • What was the dominant view of Scripture in Christianity’s first centuries?
  • How should we respond to the silence of Scripture?
  • What can we learn from increased interest in Orthodoxy and Catholicism?

We hope you find this eBook helpful as you weigh what it means to be a faithful church in the 21st century.

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