QUESTION: I've been told that believing that the King James Bible is 
          the perfect word of God is not the "historic position." Is 
          this true?

ANSWER: The "historic" position is to accept Scripture as infallible 
and deplore anyone who tries to alter it.

EXPLANATION: One of the arguments that the Roman Catholic Church uses 
in making its claim as the "true" church is the authority of 
"tradition." The Roman Catholic Church claims that tradition is equal 
with Scripture. This became official church dogma in 1545 at the 
Council of Trent. At this council, tradition was elevated to a place 
of equal authority with Scripture. Then the council officially cursed 
anyone who did not accept its tenets.

Unfortunately, "fundamental" Bible correctors have the same innate 
Roman Catholic tendency to resort to the "authority" of tradition. 
Strangely enough they do it for the very same reasonÄusurping 
authority over Scripture. Of course, the fundamental Bible corrector 
realizes that the moment he uses the word "tradition" from his pulpit 
that "alarms" will sound in the heads of his congregation. So he 
shrewdly resorts to a "translation." Instead of saying "tradition" he 
says "the historic fundamental position is..." and completely fools 
his audience. What is a "historic position?" It is a tradition of 
course.

Therefore, when you hear someone flee to the feeble argument that 
"believing the King James Bible is perfect is not the historic 
fundamental position", BEWARE. You have just run into a person who is 
Roman Catholic in spirit. If you doubt this, disagree with him and see 
if he doesn't curse you.

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