

| Three Steps to the Fountain Truth simplified, but not too much! |
| Three Steps to the Fountain Truth simplified, but not too much! |
| Authority |
| "Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope..." - 1 Pet 3:15 |
| "Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope..." - 1 Pet 3:15 |


| Authority of Scripture (Bible) |



| Authority of the Church |
| Not By Scripture Alone |

| Sola Scriptura? (Scripture Alone) |



| Christian Relativism (Disunity in the Essentials) |
| Scripture, Tradition and Magisterium (CCC) |
| More on Authority... |
| Authority |
| Divinity / Authority of Jesus Christ |
| Scripture, Tradition and Magisterium (video) |

| "It is clear therefore that, in the supremely wise arrangement of God, sacred Tradition, Sacred Scripture and the Magisterium of the Church are so connected and associated that one of them cannot stand without the others. Working together, each in its own way, under the action of the one Holy Spirit, they all contribute effectively to the salvation of souls." -Catechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraph 95 *-Fr. John Corapi Video (excellent!) |
| "It is clear therefore that, in the supremely wise arrangement of God, sacred Tradition, Sacred Scripture and the Magisterium of the Church are so connected and associated that one of them cannot stand without the others. Working together, each in its own way, under the action of the one Holy Spirit, they all contribute effectively to the salvation of souls." |