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"There is no place for tradition in the interpretation of the Bible. Every individual or community is free to interpret the Bible without reference to the Christian past." This view is characteristic of the radical Reformation, and partly reflects their view that the true church ceased to exist shortly after the period of the apostles. Why appeal to the views of past writers, when these either had tarnished credentials, or were not even proper Christians?

 

Alister McGrath, Reformation Thought: An Introduction, Fourth Edition (West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2012), 100