Since Luther, what consequences have followed from the use of the “Bible-only”theory and its personal interpretation?
Just what St. Paul foretold when he said: “For thetime will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shallthey heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears.” (2 Timothy 4:3, Protestantversion.) According to a publication by the Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C.,Bureau of the Census, in 1926 there were then in the United States 19 differentorganizations of Methodists, 19 kinds of Baptists, 9 branches of Presbyterians, 17organizations of Mennonites, 22 of Lutherans and hundreds of other denominations. Comment: The “Bible-only” theory may indeed cater to the self- exaltation of theindividual, but it certainly does not conduce to the acquisition of Divine truth. 18.
