[Romulus]

... and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.

Quite. It doesn't say "the word became published and widely available for home study", does it? The Incarnate Word is a person. If you make the Bible your god, you worship a created thing.

If scripture doesn't interpret scripture... who does?

Don't make the mistake of confusing the container for the thing contained. Scripture comes from the (God-inspired) Church, and is discerned by the Church -- not the other way round. Since the Church is the Body of Christ (as scripture itself says), in what sense can it be fallible?

It is without error, therefore, it CAN interpret itself.

Scripture itself contradicts this view. If you make scripture the foundation of your faith you might as well be a muslim.

[irishtenor]

***Scripture itself contradicts this view. ***

Where, pray tell, do you find this?

[irishtenor]

Peter writes in 2 Peter 1:20-21 "Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy never had it's origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit."

Scripture is God breathed, it is the Word of God, it is inspired by the Holy Spirit, it is never from the will of men (or church), it is not even the prophet's interpretation, but God's. Are you now going to say that God cannot interpret his own writings?

[irishtenor]

I will ask you this question, because one of the other Catholics refuse to answer it. If the Bible and the Catholic church disagree about something, which is correct and which is in error?

[irishtenor]

***Scripture comes from the (God-inspired) Church, ***

Nonsense, scripture comes from God, through the Holy Spirit, to certain men who wrote it down being inspired by that same Spirit. It doesn't come from the church. Period.