Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: bgsuvax!kutz@cis.ohio-state.edu (Kenneth J. Kutz) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Importance of sacrifice Message-ID: Date: 8 Aug 90 07:23:15 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh. Lines: 22 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , johnw@sag4.ssl.berkeley.edu (John Warren) writes: > Catholics who believe in transubstantiation and the sacrifice > of the mass take one part of scripture literally ("This is my > body, etc.") and don't take another part literally ("But when this > priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down > at the right hand of God."); Protestants tend to be the opposite. I > wonder how inerrancy fits into all this. I just wanted to point out that: Inerrancy does not demand that every word in the bible be interpreted literally as you describe "literal" above. For example, when Jesus says: "I am the door" no one interprets this to mean that Jesus is literally a door. Does this mean this statement is in error? Of course not. -- Kenneth J. Kutz Internet kutz@andy.bgsu.edu Systems Programmer BITNET KUTZ@ANDY University Computer Services UUCP ...!osu-cis!bgsuvax!kutz Bowling Green State Univ. US Mail 238 Math Science, BG OH 43403