Talk:Prima scriptura

message: Why is the Anglican position (from which Wesley's derives) not discuss here? TheEvilPanda 16:56, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The description of Hooker's position on Church authority is a distortion of what the Lawes actually says. 169.229.11.167 (talk) 20:51, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Anglicans

message: Under "Others" I noticed that Jehoavh's Witnesses are listed as an example of Prima Scriptura. I believe this is an erroneous addition and would like to discuss my proposed change here. If no one objects within two weeks I will removing them as an example.
Jehovah's Witnesses hold the word of the Governing Body to be even superior to the Bible, since the Governing Body is held to be the only source properly authorized by holy spirit to interpret the Bible. (see Organized to Do Jehovah's Will chapter 3).
Jehovah's Witnesses defer any direct conflicts between policy and Scripture to the Governing Body and are required to wait for any changes to come from the Governing Body. They are not permitted to act in accordance with their own consciences in a way that contradicts Governing Body dogma without risking expulsion and shunning, a practice far more severly applied and enforced than mainstream Christianity. If a person chooses not to shun someone, they risk expulsion as well.
This is the reality and is demonstrable from primary source material. Jehovah's Witnesses do not hold the Bible as a superior authority to the interpretation and directives of the Governing Body, therefore, they do not fit the definition of Prima scriptura and should be removed from this article as an example.
Respectfully,
--Evident 17:56, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mild dispute of one small bit of this article... 

message: This article seems to be written by Roman Catholics, describing a supposed protestant doctrine.  A quick search online found this to be a term primarily used by Roman Catholics.  There is not problem with that, but lets define it as what it is: e.g.,  "prima scriptura is a term used by Roman Catholics to describe the position of some Protestants."
Also, I don't think that the term is actually used by the churches described, evidenced by the continued use of phrase like "another example may be ...
Did Yves Conger actually use the phrase "prima scriptura"?  Is there a citation of this somewhere?
I'm sorry, I know this sounds a little beligerent.  I don't mean it in that way at all.  Pastordavid 21:44, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you may be confused about the (attempted) objectivity of the article. Referring to Protestants in the third person - i.e. as not part of the group being discussed - is not supposed to imply that the author is Catholic, only that the author is objectively looking at the other groups. "Prima-Scriptura" is not necessarily a term used exclusively by Catholics, but it does not matter whether it is or not. It is a position which many Catholics feel a close association with, and because it is so similar to the (mainline) Protestant definition of "sola-Scriptura" it could be a springboard for ecumenism. Lutheran churches and Anglican churches, for example, have a view of sola-Scriptura that is virtually indistinguishable from prima-Scriptura, and prima-scriptura is compatible - and some (including myself) would say supported by - Catholic teaching. So with the differences between the two views worked out, and the similarities focused, ecumenism is very possible with sola-Scriptura-ists. That is probably the reason you see it used primarily by Catholics. We want our brethren back. But that subjective desire should not detract from the objectivity of this article, which is why there is so much discussion and work being done. 76.1.4.142 (talk) 20:49, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'm confused 

message: I'm changing the link to Sola Scriptura (album) to point instead to Sola Scriptura. It looked at first like subtle vandalism to me... the link to the album may belong in the Sola Scriptura page, but its relevance here is not obvious. But it was added  by a now inactive  editor who seems generally OK. Interesting... Andrewa (talk) 19:21, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to album