Protestants handle the Bible just like Muslims
handle the Qoran, like Buddhists handle the Book of the Dead and Hindus
handle the Bhagavad Gita. As if all we have is a collection of letters
from a now practically absent God, who will return at some
unknown future time, to judge us all for what was written.
The Orthodox Church handles the Bible as one aspect
of how God communicates to us. We now serve a living, present, active
God, who leads his objective church, by his Holy Spirit. The Church
recognized, canonized, and interprets the Bible.
It is handled and understood properly only within the framework of the church.
This is why the Protestant world is fragmented.
There is no final authority to whom appeal is made in understanding
Scripture. It has all been reduced to private interpretation.
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