Slane - destroyer of nationsOur survival as Christians in the 21st Century depends upon our understanding the historic spiritual warfare between two major views of scripture.  It has been fought between the scripturalists, those who believed in the literal word of God, and those who espoused the allegorical interpretation of scripture and exalted the role of the church as interpreter. In the early medieval period it was a battle between the scripturalists of the early Common Celtic Church, and the Romanists who followed Augustine’s allegorical interpretation. The battle has continued to our day, and we need to know God’s expectations, so we can do battle with God’s armour of truth, righteousness, and faith.