“Ah, OK. This is important to understand: the Catholic practices and the Scripture are not in contradiction.”
That’s not what I said. What I said was “I never said your understanding was not consistent with the Roman Catholic interpretation of the scriptures.” Whether there is or is not a contradiction depends on the hermeneutic and the system of theology one is using.
It is like saying “Shakespeare’s understanding of ‘To be or not to be’ is consistent with Shakespear’s interpretation of Hamlet”. Gee, thanks. I’d think the Church who produced the scripture has no need of interpreters.