[Glenmerle]

No offense to the Catholics on this board, or the Pope, for whom I have a lot of respect, but I prefer the protestant method of relying on the Scriptures.

Same here. Jesus criticized the Pharisees in part for elevating tradition to the level of Scripture. And he taught others by saying, "It is written," not "We've done it this way for 500 years."

[AnAmericanMother]

I prefer the protestant method of relying on the Scriptures.

But who collected the Scriptures and assembled the Bible as we know it today?

And what did the Church do BEFORE the Bible was assembled?

[winner3000]

(Jesus criticized the Pharisees in part for elevating tradition to the level of Scripture. And he taught others by saying, "It is written," not "We've done it this way for 500 years.")

I couldn't have said it better. Thank you.