Doctrine vs. Understanding

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>>>>> "Mark" == Mark W Bassett <mbasset@pcnet.com> writes:


    Mark> "Very soon, however, the catechistic department developed
    Mark> into a more formal Socratic method, and in due time there
    Mark> arose a great school, where men came from all directionas
    Mark> and listened to those great teachers whose names are famous
    Mark> in every part of Chistiandom. ... Both Justin and
    Mark> Athanagoras speak of the teachers as wearing the traditional
    Mark> mantle of the philosopher [sheep's clothing]. By this they
    Mark> meant that the teachers in the school of Alexandria did not
    Mark> teach as preachers but as Christian philosophers". -
    Mark> J.F. Hurst, The History of the Christian Church

 Mt 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing,
    but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

 Mt 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye
    therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

				 QED

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