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Not Tradition, But Scripture - Softcover

Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth

 
9780371774632: Not Tradition, But Scripture

Synopsis

Not Tradition, But Scripture by Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth. This work presents a rigorous defense of the sufficiency and supremacy of Scripture over tradition, arguing that Christian doctrine should be drawn from the canonical Bible alone. It surveys early Christian writers such as Irenaeus, Polycarp, Ignatius, and Justin Martyr to show that tradition did not carry equal authority, and it critiques the development of church tradition in the later centuries by tracing how ritual practices, ecclesiastical hierarchy, and doctrinal interpretations gradually diverged from apostolic teaching. Shuttleworth defends the New Testament's teaching on the Trinity, justification by faith, baptism, and the Lord's Supper as instituted by Christ, and argues for Protestant principles: the entire sufficiency of Scripture, rejection of tradition as an equal rule of faith, and the danger of elevating human authority above Scripture. The tract urges readers to examine Scripture in its plain meaning and in its intertextual context, and to resist innovations not grounded in revelation. It also discusses baptism, the Eucharist, church government, and the limits of prayers for the dead and sacrificial readings of the rites.

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