That is a very unsafe assumption, especially given John 20:30; 21:25.
and it should be all that one needs for salvation.
Another "Protestant" and unscriptural assumption imposed upon Scripture.
It all comes down to these basic working assumptions that lie behind and beneath the Scripture itself.
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---Now according to the RCC this infallible Gospel must be truth. If that is what it is, then according to what Luke himself wrote this Gospel is all that Luke could find about the life and teachings of Christ,
--That is a very unsafe assumption, especially given John 20:30; 21:25.
I was not looking at John. I was saying that Luke himself says that he painstakingly researched his Gospel and put everything in it he could find credible so that he could show Theophilus the exact truth. Anything outside that exact truth would be what?
Indeed John mentions that much was not revealed in his Gospel. What is it? A mystery. But would we presume that whatever it is Luke would be aware of it, as he would most likely have a few of the original Apostles to use as reference?
And if Mary is to be used as a go-between for us to God, why is it not mentioned anywhere in the Gospels or Epistles?
--Another "Protestant" and unscriptural assumption imposed upon Scripture.
--It all comes down to these basic working assumptions that lie behind and beneath the Scripture itself.
So the scripture does not describe all that is required for salvation? Is this where the RCC gnosticism comes in, you must have the knowledge that only the Magisterium can provide? Ware the Scriptures! It can lead the unenlightened into heresy, for you must have the proper gnosis to fully understand! I say Ware the church that demands the scriptures be guarded against! For many other cults lurk out there that make the same claim, and the Mormons do not need the company...