Genuine question for Protestants: where is John Calvin in the Bible? If he’s not there, does this not contradict sola scriptura?
@_matthewpearson No on holds John Calvin as an authority, do they? No one I have ever talked to
@_matthewpearson Protestants (without truly realizing it) have made the reformers their popes. I am a biblical Christian and follow Christ’s teachings—not Calvin’s, not Spurgeon’s, not Luther’s. I pray more come to realize their idolization and folly.
@_matthewpearson Right there in 1 and 2 Calvin. It's in the Geneva Bible if you cared about having an accurate translation.
@_matthewpearson Calvin isn’t in the Bible, nor is Augustine, Aquinas, or even you. But that doesn’t contradict Sola Scriptura, because Protestants don’t claim Calvin is authoritative like Scripture. We test every teacher by the Word of God. That’s the point
@_matthewpearson Thank you for aptly demonstrating what I've been saying for a while: the only people who are against Sola Scriptura have no idea what it is or what it means.
@_matthewpearson This has got to be the worst straw man of sola scriptura I’ve seen yet. And I’m by no means a John Calvin fan.
@_matthewpearson @grok can you list the number of times the Bible tells us to pray to Mary as our intercessor?
@_matthewpearson Man your right. Time to order a bunch of icons now.
@_matthewpearson Genuine question for Prots: Have you never read the church fathers? (I’ve never read anything either but saw a quote of one saying bishop)
@_matthewpearson NO. I'm no Calvanist, but Sola Scriptura does not mean: John Calvin's explanation of scripture alone. Sola Scriptura means: scripture alone. Nice try.
@_matthewpearson My entire worldview after reading this. It's so over 😭
@_matthewpearson Where does it show the apostles gathering to pass on the popeship of the married Peter.
@_matthewpearson Woah… that logic will win you the Nobel prize, mate. No, John Calvin isn’t in the Bible, and the Bible has the final say. If Calvin says X but the Bible says Y, I go with Y. Tell me you don’t understand Sola Scriptura without telling me you don’t understand Sola Scriptura.
@_matthewpearson Only a minority of Protestants are Calvinists. Don’t lump us in with that detestable heresy.