tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post1654831603371832168..comments2024-03-14T14:41:17.663-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Word & sacramentRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-37466834312979475242010-01-06T18:58:32.390-05:002010-01-06T18:58:32.390-05:00Below is one of the strongest prooftexts in the NT...Below is one of the strongest prooftexts in the NT for what high-churchians are pleased to call "Biblicism" or "Bibliolatry".<br /><br />These verses would justify considering the preaching of the Word to be even more essential to faith than the sacraments: <br /><br /><br />Luke 16:29-31<br /><br />Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. <br /><br />And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. <br /><br />And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.Viisaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02682159289133730565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-31299923890686643812010-01-06T15:29:59.354-05:002010-01-06T15:29:59.354-05:00"Indeed, Catholicism denies the assurance of ..."Indeed, Catholicism denies the assurance of salvation as well as the perseverance of the saints. So what does a “high” view of the sacraments about to?"<br /><br /><br />I'd also like to know (according to high-church theory) what the baptism supposedly does to people who are insincere converts to begin with. <br /><br />What sacramental grace is given to an unbelieving opportunist who comes to baptism just to reach some worldly position in a Christian society, or to some medieval pagan barbarian who was given a choice of baptism or death? <br /><br />This is far from an academic question.Viisaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02682159289133730565noreply@blogger.com