[rom]

While I agree with Point #1 — to quote from Spiderman (don’t know what Chapter or Verse, lol): “With great power comes great responsibility”

Most of my friends and family who are Roman Catholics have been told by their Priests and Church hierarchy that the Bible is a collection of stories and things like, “The Plagues in Exodus was just myth(!)” Two people as disparate in space and time as my mother in law, my wife’s best friend both have been taught this.

This confuses me greatly, because I know that is not official Catholic teaching. So how does this happen?

So I’m sorry — that’s just as wrong headed as the apostate Protestant churches and so shows that no human organization is without error. And now we start seeing splinter Charismatic Catholic Churches as well.

So no denomination is free of error, but if we have our Bibles to search the truth — we ourselves can spot heresy.

[GL of Sector 2814]

While I agree with Point #1 — to quote from Spiderman (don’t know what Chapter or Verse, lol): “With great power comes great responsibility”

Amazing Fantasy #15, August 1962.

Yes, I am a comic book geek.

[fr_freak]

This confuses me greatly, because I know that is not official Catholic teaching. So how does this happen?

So I’m sorry — that’s just as wrong headed as the apostate Protestant churches and so shows that no human organization is without error. And now we start seeing splinter Charismatic Catholic Churches as well.

You said the answer to this problem yourself - it is not official Catholic teaching. It is only because an actual official Church doctrine exists that one can determine whether a member of the clergy is incorrect or not. If a priest, as you say, were to teach something outside of the Church doctrine, then that priest is provably wrong and can be corrected or ignored, and should be. Certainly the Church contains flawed human beings. That is precisely why a firmer guide has its advantages.

As far as splinter Catholic Churches go - if they do not follow the Vatican, they are not Catholic. They can call themselves Catholic, but they aren't. You can't blame the Catholic Church for those who won't follow the Catholic Church. Besides, there is another name for offshoots of the Catholic Church: "Protestants".