We will have agree to disagree, for God’s Spirit moved men to prophesy, and write the words that were inspired. He would see to it that the words would be preserved. Even as Elijah thought that he was the only prophet left in Israel, God told him otherwise.
Even as king Josiah thought he was doing as God intended, he was without the complete instructions of the Law. It had been there in the temple all along, but hidden from view by carelessness of some sort. I would say that the Levites in charge of the temple were not faithfully following the Lord.
Church leadership is no different. They can say that they are representing God and his Word, yet be as wrong as Elijah, or the priestly order during Josiah’s reign.
Jesus Christ’s words in Matthew chapter 23, has a strange foreshadowing of what, IMO, is the RCC. The parallels are almost jaw dropping.
Dr. David Anders, a Protestant theological and Biblical scholar set out to show why the central beliefs of Catholicism were in error at Wheaton College. This was the specific purpose of his research venture. He was born, raised and educated as an Evangelical.
After years of extensive study and research, he ended up converting to Catholicism. Here is what he wrote;
“Once I understood the Catholic position on salvation, the Church, and the saints, the Marian dogmas also seemed to fall into place. If the heart of the Christian faith is God’s union with our human nature, the Mother of that human nature has an incredibly important and unique role in all of history. This is why the Fathers of the Church always celebrated Mary as the second Eve. Her “yes” to God at the annunciation undid the “no” of Eve in the garden. If it is appropriate to venerate the saints and martyrs of the Church, how much more is it appropriate to give honor and veneration to her who made possible our redemption?”
You are free to visit his site to have some of your questions answered:
http://calvin2catholic.com