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To: magisterium
The Church was founded by Jesus, and is guided by Him. Indeed, He identifies Himself with the Church (Acts 9:4-5).

Ok, but the church is directed by the Scripture and Holy Spirit.
It's not "Church" which directs.

154 posted on 08/02/2007 4:56:44 AM PDT by sirchtruth (No one has the RIGHT not to be offended...)
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To: sirchtruth

Certainly, the Church is guided by the Holy Spirit. No argument there at all. But it is not directed by Scripture, in the sense that Scripture controls it. On the contrary, the Church predates by at least 10-15 years the first written word of the New Testament, and predates the official formulation of the canon of the New Testament by over 350 years. The Church is more the mother of the New Testament than its child. As such, the Church has responsibility for both “raising” Scripture (writing, vetting, compiling and canonizing it) and “educating” through it (officially interpreting what Scripture means - Scripture is not at all as “perspicuous” as non-Catholics want to make it out to be. Were it so, we need not be here arguing about it all the time!).


159 posted on 08/02/2007 5:49:26 AM PDT by magisterium
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