[DungeonMaster]

You are perfectly free to believe that there is really a Priesthood that pertains to Christianity. You are perfectly free to invent any doctrine you want about priests and purgatory and Mary. You are free to reference unrelated verses in the Bible to support what you choose to believe and you are free to try to get others to believe what you believe. But for me, if it isn’t in the Bible, I don’t believe it.

[MarkBsnr]

Do you reject things that are in the Bible?

[nanetteclaret]

***But for me, if it isn’t in the Bible, I don’t believe it***

***You are free to reference unrelated verses in the Bible to support what you choose to believe***

So which is it? If it IS in the Bible, but you don’t like it, then you don’t want to believe it. I think that’s what you meant to say.

[annalex]

if it isn’t in the Bible, I don’t believe it.

I understand. This is not a thread about Protestant theology, and indeed all we ask is that if you cannot leave us alone, then at least describe our beliefs accurately before you comment on them.

But since you bring this up, what is and what is not in the Bible depends on (1) according to whom and (2) what Bible. We think that it is the role of the Church to interpret the Bible; that everything we believe in has at least indirect scriptural support; that you look at an incomplete canon of the Bible. Also, the very assumption, that "if it isn’t in the Bible, I don’t believe it" is not in the Bible.

[padre35]

So Christ being our High Priest doesn’t count? The bible does say that we are “a Royal priesthood”?

[adiaireton8]

But for me, if it isn’t in the Bible, I don’t believe it.

Since that statement is not in the Bible, are you lying?

-A8