Romish apoligists usually try to use to use James 2:24 to brow beat Calvinists and other protestants when it comes to important doctrine of Sola Fide. But Romanish interpretations need not scare you. When i say "you" , i mean Calvinists, Lutherans, Musli...er..em..i mean non-Catholics. Let us carefully look at the passage in James 2:24 (ESV):
"You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone."
Romanian apologist apparently want us to think that the words "not by faith alone" somehow, means "not by faith alone." But this is pure eisigesis. Romanificators teach a false gospel of works salvation. Let us now exegete the passage the way Luther did, and how his modern equivalent Dr. James White has also.
Luther rightly took the whole of....well i've just got bitten by a snake, will have to exegete at a later time.
Update: Luckily it was a toy snake, Pheeww! For a moment there i thought i would have to forsake blogging, but i'm not in an exegetical mood right now, will move on to bigger and better things.
Friday, February 13, 2009
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You can't be serious, what a cop out. Are you going to deal with the passage not?
btw why can't you explain the passage yourself? why rely on Luther and others?
I hope anon gets the joke, or his/her life is going to continue to suck.
Did you know, this is the only place where "faith alone" actually appears? And it's NEGATED. (When Luther writes "faith alone," he's interpolating from what he thinks the import of the Greek is. "Alone" per se aint in the Greek.)
Basically, when Paul talks about works of the Law, he means the Jewish Law -- sabbath keeping, kosher eating, circumcision, etc etc, not good works per se. When James writes, he's doing what a good moral philosopher would do -- encourage people's walk to match their talk.
Romanian apologist apparently want us to think that the words "not by faith alone" somehow, means "not by faith alone." But this is pure eisigesis.
Romanian apologists, whether from Bucharest or Transylvania, as well as those eating sarmale in cabins by the Black Sea, all take offense at your accusation of eisegesis. The word is "Icy Jesus", an ice sculpture dedicated to the faith of these people.
I don't know if all this makes sense to you, but no worry. Neither did your post.
CM
Here we have "irenaeus" again with his papist twisting of scripture. By the way the real Irenaeus was in the reformed camp
Churchmouse, chillout and look at other posts on this blog, stop coming at it from a vatican point of view
Churchmouse, chillout and look at other posts on this blog, stop coming at it from a vatican point of view
Did look. Wasted my time. "Chillout"?? Sorry, I'm not into "Icy Jesus", Vatican POV or otherwise.
CM
ROFL!
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