What with the Catholic church teaching its laity that they are incapable of understanding Scripture and so need them to interpret it for them, that's RICH coming from a Catholic.
So what inside edge to Catholic have by virtue of being a Catholic that gives them understanding of Scripture?
You do realize that it's the Holy Spirit who enlightens one, don't you? And without Him, you cannot understand spiritual truths no matter what pedigree of teachers you have and how awesome everyone thinks they are.
“What with the Catholic church teaching its laity that they are incapable of understanding Scripture”
You know, you should really stop lying. It cant be good for your soul. You know that no such thing has been said or ever occurred.
“and so need them to interpret it for them, that’s RICH coming from a Catholic.”
Pretty much everybody needs help with a lot of scriptures. That doesn’t mean they are “incapable of understanding.” It means that brighter and holier men than they have achieved a deeper understanding, which can be shared from one person to another.
I know a lot of you protestants think that the Holy Spirit is right there ensuring that you don’t misunderstand anything. He’s not. The Holy Spirit only inspires a man’s reading of the Bible on rare occasions, and when that happens, there’s no mistaking it.
That you think you don’t need any help interpreting scripture...well, rave on, Napoleon.
“So what inside edge to Catholic have by virtue of being a Catholic that gives them understanding of Scripture?”
Well, most of them won’t have heard mistaken interpretations, and they will probably have heard correct interpretations.
“You do realize that it’s the Holy Spirit who enlightens one, don’t you?”
He directly enlightens some men. He does not visit everyone who reads his Bible.
“And without Him, you cannot understand spiritual truths no matter what pedigree of teachers you have and how awesome everyone thinks they are.”
Wrongola, once again. A correct interpretation of scripture, once communicated to man, can be passed from man to man. If there are exceptions, I do not know of them.