The Catholic attitude toward the Bible is that it's inspirational, it's "kind of" valuable, but when you get down to it, it's really....
...NOT AUTHORITATIVE to them, in their point of view, it's about like reading a hymnal.
In the RCC p.o.v., the Pope, the Councils, the encyclicals, and
ooh,
oooh,
ooh,
especially the "Early Church Fathers"....
...the ECF writings REALLY get the RCC going and fired up.
Why do I say this?
Because I'VE BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT -
-- and it's EMPTY.
Only the Word will feed your soul, only the Word has God living inside of it and therefore inside of you.
Heb 4:12