What is Written?
The Scriptural Case Against the Traditions, Priestcraft, and Powers of Men
The Command of God · Christ Alone · No Sword of Caesar
Tom Fahy
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Unless otherwise marked, Scripture quotations and controlling biblical language are from the Ferrar Fenton Translation, The Holy Bible in Modern English, Master Public Reference Edition (FFT). The governing rule of this book is simple: Scripture must be permitted to keep its own order. No doctrine, tradition, priestcraft, sacramental system, ecclesiastical claim, prophetic construction, national mythology, or coercive power is allowed to override the words of Scripture as they stand in the governing source.
Dedication
For my wife, Tina.
“Who ever finds a clever wife,
Her worth is more than pearls.”— The Proverbs of Solomon 31:10, FFT
Contents
Methodological Charter: Do Not Go Beyond What Is Recorded
Part 1 — The Command of God Against the Traditions of Men
1. The Sabbath Was Made for Man
2. You Shall Not Bow Down to Them
3. Choose Life
4. The Soul That Sins Shall Die
Part 2 — Christ Alone: Mediator, Memorial, and Priesthood Fulfilled
5. One Mediator
6. Do This in Remembrance of Me
Part 3 — One People, One Kingdom, No Sword of Caesar
7. Do Not Divide What Christ Has Joined