The Biblical Doctrine of Authority Part II by Dr. Robert A. Morey The Reformers did NOT say that the Bible was the ONLY authority. This is why they appealed to logic, history, science, the Church fathers, tradition, councils, creeds, confessions, commentators, Greek and Hebrew scholars, etc. But what they did say was that when it came to DOCTRINE, there can be ONLY ONE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY - the Bible. The “buck” has to stop somewhere. Thus the “final court of appeal” is the Bible and not the Pope,
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