I am sure he is not. The Old Testament was obviously a product of inspired Hebrew writers. The Holy Scripture in its entirety, however, is a part of the revelation received by the Catholic Church; Catholic men wrote the books of the New Testament and the Christian Canon was determined by the fathers of the Catholic Church, as well as the Christian creeds, the liturgy, and the theology.
Of course, the same can be said of the Orthodox Church, and in some part of the pre-Chalcedon Churches of the East, as the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church were one and the same through that formative period, and the pre-Chalcedon Churches for the substantial part of it.
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Very nicely put.
I don’t differentiate between those that label themselves Orthodox and Roman. They’re all part of the Catholic Church of our Lord Jesus Christ. They come from the Source of All.
They aren’t man made.
I am sure he is not.
But how are we to Know? As he said words have meaning. ; )
Catholic men wrote the books of the New Testament and the Christian Canon was determined by the fathers of the Catholic Church, as well as the Christian creeds, the liturgy, and the theology.
This was before the Catholic Church existed, and the eastern church has as much a right to the same claim, such as it is.
This history of the papacy is dark and disgusting. ( Including two popes murdered by jealous husbands when caught in the act of sex...etc) Any claim of Apostolic succession has been clearly broken, assuming it ever existed at all.