To: invoman
Verse 20 is not saying the Catholic church is God's official interpreter, it is saying that man didn't think up a prophecy: God did via the Holy Ghost. From the Catholic Bible ... here is the footnote from that particular verse.
Often cited, along with 2 Tim 3:16, on the "inspiration" of scripture or against private interpretation, these verses in context are directed against the false teachers of 2 Peter 2 and clever tales (2 Peter 1:16). The prophetic word in scripture comes admittedly through human beings (2 Peter 1:21), but moved by the holy Spirit, not from their own interpretation, and is a matter of what the author and Spirit intended, not the personal interpretation of false teachers. Instead of under the influence of God, some manuscripts read "holy ones of God."
11 posted on
07/17/2007 4:33:14 PM PDT by
NYer
("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
To: NYer
12 posted on
07/17/2007 4:40:28 PM PDT by
Salvation
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To: NYer
20 posted on
07/20/2007 8:32:18 PM PDT by
Salvation
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To: NYer
21 posted on
07/21/2007 8:27:06 PM PDT by
Salvation
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22 posted on
07/22/2007 2:25:10 PM PDT by
Salvation
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23 posted on
07/23/2007 4:29:37 PM PDT by
Salvation
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To: NYer
25 posted on
07/26/2007 3:33:00 PM PDT by
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