03-05-2004, 06:30 PM
Shlama Akhi Rob,
If the Scriptures don't have Apostolic authority due to their Apostolic origin, then all we have are a bunch of books written on a whim by whoever sounds the most reliable at the time. But if we have books that are written by the Apostles who saw Yeshua in the flesh, heard every word he said, saw the signs, wonders, miracles, and were present during his death, burial, resurrection / ascension, then we have some very reliable writings indeed. So expressions like 'Apostolic authority' and 'Apostolic origin' should not intimidate anybody.
Shlama w'Burkate, Larry Kelsey
If the Scriptures don't have Apostolic authority due to their Apostolic origin, then all we have are a bunch of books written on a whim by whoever sounds the most reliable at the time. But if we have books that are written by the Apostles who saw Yeshua in the flesh, heard every word he said, saw the signs, wonders, miracles, and were present during his death, burial, resurrection / ascension, then we have some very reliable writings indeed. So expressions like 'Apostolic authority' and 'Apostolic origin' should not intimidate anybody.
Shlama w'Burkate, Larry Kelsey