Posted by Ray Kidder on 10/2/2009, 9:47 pm, in reply to "Re: No need for a creed?"
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Searcher,
Thanks for your response. I discovered a web page on ecumenical Councils in Christianity, that shows how different denominations view them:
Wikipedia on Ecumenical Councils
I do not believe I have written anything that undermines the authority of the Protestant Bible. I believe it is the inspired word of God, and it is therefore infallible. I use the term "Protestant Bible" because the Roman Catholic canon of scripture includes additional books. The Eastern orthodox categorizes these additional books as deutero-canonical. Some Protestants also accept these books as deutero-canonical, and call them the apocrapha.
It is interesting (from reading the linked web page) that the earlier of the seven ecumenical councils have a higher acceptance rate than the later ones, as some Protestant groups accept only the early ones.
I suspect that for an ecumenical council to emerge that has a high rate of acceptability, most Christian groups would have to be represented. With the split between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox denominations in 1054 AD, I suspect the Eastern Orthodox have a difficult time in arranging one, even though they seem to be the denomination that has the highest regard for the seven ecumenical councils.
For Christendom to provide moral guidance for issues that come about through modern living (e.g. artificial contraception), should Church councils convene to establish new moral guidance?
Ray Kidder
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