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Zach wrote:

>What do you (or anybody) think Jude 1:14 was making reference to?

It sure looks like a quote from the apocryphal "Book of Enoch." But one
can't say for certain. Perhaps it was passed on orally and both
writings used it from a similar source. Who knows? Or perhaps Jude was
simply referencing a popular fictitious book to prove a point. Afterall
Paul quoted from Greek poets to reason with certain Greeks. Whateveer
the case it sure is an anomaly.

I don't think anybody on this board accepts the Book of Enoch as
Ceripture...anyone?

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Wrighteous Network wrote:
> Want more of our quizzes?

Not really. I'm not trying to stifle your freedom of expression or
your being a witness to the world, but I find the quizzes to be more
"noise" than "signal" in this NG. That is, I'd prefer more intelligent
conversations (with give and take) and fewer things that people think
might be interesting or good for others to read.

The opinions of others may differ.

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Matthew Johnson wrote:

>
> True. But please bear in mind that especially over here on
> this side of the Pond, we have a lot of people who cannot
> accept it as "reliable testimony" unless they believe it's
> literal sense is true. As to _how_ it is that we have so
> many people who approach Scripture that way, that would be a
> topic for another (and long) post.
>
No. It's quite simple to answer in a word, the Holy Spirit. Though
there are both internal and external grammatical and historical
evidences, it is the testimony of the Spirit which dispells all notions
otherwise. (Rom 8:16)

One historical, external evidence is fulfilled prophecy. This alone
should "stop every mouth" which contends otherwise to the normative
reading of the Word, i.e. the literal interpretation.
>
> >(3) is testified in the Scriptures and in the creeds--but I
> >doubt that of all statements in the Scriptures and the
> >creeds it is one of particularly "fundamental" ones.
>
> Actually, it is more fundamental than many realize. But it
> is hard to understand how it is so fundamental unless you
> are familiar with the theology of the Cappadocians or of
> St. Maximus the Confessor.

Or that no father of the church spoke of let alone developed the
dependency of the believer on the Spirit. Oh, before you object, dear
Mathew, I know of