Beginning to Dig Deeper: Answering Ten Questions From a Protestant Inquirer
The following questions came from a sincere Evangelical inquirer into the Protestant Catholic faith. Having been exposed to the claims of Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, and other Christian denominations, they were hoping to clarify certain foundational questions regarding the larger Protestant tradition within which they happily identify. The questions themselves were well put and properly fundamental. Answering as a Confessional Lutheran Pastor, what follows will hopefully be helpful to others as they also may be thinking through these same issues. It does not pretend to be exhaustive. The answers are thus simple and not encumbered by excessive references, though for all that hopefully not simplistic. 1. Who has the right Canon? The Roman Catholics, the Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox cannot agree between each other as to what the right Canon of Scripture is. They each boast exclusively that their own “magisterial authorities” settle the issue “infallibly...