RE: Why do gospel contradictions matter?
February 21, 2015 at 1:36 pm
(This post was last modified: February 21, 2015 at 1:51 pm by watchamadoodle.)
Probably a majority of Christians still believe in biblical inerrancy. The Catholics have a nice legalistic definition:
So the gospel contradictions would need to lead to contradictory teachings about salvation.
BTW: That is probably why the Catholics believe in a literal Adam who committed a literal original sin - it is a necessary part of their salvation theology. They are willing to throw-out Noah's Ark, but they aren't willing to throw-out the Garden of Eden.
For the gospels, I assume the key points for Catholics are: immaculate conception and perpetual virginity of Mary, the crucifixion, the resurrection, etc. They wouldn't care if the stories about feeding multitudes are mythical IMO. (I'm just guessing, because I'm not a Catholic.) It's probably similar for other types of Christians.
Quote:The "doctrine of the inerrancy of Scripture" held by the Catholic Church, as expressed by the Second Vatican Council, is that "the books of Scripture must be acknowledged as teaching solidly, faithfully and without error that truth which God wanted put into sacred writings for the sake of salvation."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_inerrancy
So the gospel contradictions would need to lead to contradictory teachings about salvation.
BTW: That is probably why the Catholics believe in a literal Adam who committed a literal original sin - it is a necessary part of their salvation theology. They are willing to throw-out Noah's Ark, but they aren't willing to throw-out the Garden of Eden.
For the gospels, I assume the key points for Catholics are: immaculate conception and perpetual virginity of Mary, the crucifixion, the resurrection, etc. They wouldn't care if the stories about feeding multitudes are mythical IMO. (I'm just guessing, because I'm not a Catholic.) It's probably similar for other types of Christians.
