“I was simply stating that the Church cannot elevate itself above its own beliefs. So, charges that the Church holds itself “higher” than the scriptures is an oxyomoron.”
I understood. I simply wanted to flesh out your comment in light of what seems to me to be a disturbing level of bibliolatry on the one hand and a certain deficit in knowledge of the history of scripture on the other which shows up on occasion around here among some.
Oh you said it so well, Kolo. Bibliolatry and lack of biblical historical/cultural context rule supreme in some distant corners, on the margins of Christianity.