"The Bible was made for the Church, not the other way around, and you cannot discount the wisdom of 1000 years, just because some Protestant Dingbats rebelled against Rome."
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I thank the LORD that there were men inspired by SCRIPTURE that saw how an institution of man had corrupted the truth.
It is hubris to think that the "Church" controls the word of GOD.
The Church is *supposed* to be "one," according to Jesus in John 17:20-21. Knowing what He was about to undergo in just a few hours, Jesus still prioritized unity in His prayer to His Father. Good ratification for the importance of the concept!
Further, it is the Church *alone* that is described in Scripture as the "pillar and bulwark of the truth" (!Timothy 3:15. Unity AND truth are found in the Church. It is MEANT to "control" the Word of God. Not you. Not I. We can certainly read from it, using the lights that God gave us. But WE are not the end-all magisterial authority. Our "opinions" regarding Scripture or any other aspect of the Faith *must* conform with the Church, which *alone* as an institution is preserved from error.
To presume otherwise is arrogant and invites chaos. The evidence for which is all around you. Thousands of differing opinions within Protestantism alone are eloquent testimony to this. The "perspicuousness" of Scripture was the founding myth of Protestantism and its most obvious error. An inerrant source of information without in interpreting authority of equal inerrancy is useless. The mere fact that EVERY Scriptural thread on this forum has, at a minimum, three main streams of interpretation is eloquent testimony to this. More often, there are even more differing themes than just three.
You can't even demonstrate how the canon of Scripture came to be without acknowledging the authority of the early Church. The very Bible that you hold to be inerrant (as do we) you can't even demonstrate the inerrancy of with credibility. Your foundation for your beliefs is every bit composed of the shifting sands described in Matthew 7:24-27. It is not founded on the Rock. May God help you find bedrock upon which to build your foundation of faith!