Zajko Neither these rabbis, nor I, nor you, nor anyone else.
The Prophets, Christ, and Apostles possessed divine authority to reveal doctrine. The Catholic Church possesses authority to define previously revealed doctrine.
“The Prophets, Christ, and Apostles possessed divine authority to reveal doctrine. The Catholic Church possesses authority to define previously revealed doctrine.”
As far as I am aware, you are not a Prophet, the Christ, an Apostle, or otherwise in possession of Divine Authority, and neither is anyone else, on this thread or anywhere else in the world today. With regards to the authority of the Catholic Church, ‘defining previously revealed doctrine’ is an entirely different matter to having ‘authority to make up and enforce exacting rules on everyone’ which was the wording of your quote.