"Scripture has authority, as both Roman Catholics and evangelical Protestants will agree, because it is the Word of God. But Scripture is not the Word of God merely because the Church says it is. Scripture's authority is derived from its intrinsic nature as a communication from God to man — it has an authority independent of the Church. In this chapter we want to examine the nature of that authority and the claim that Scripture is inspired by God and thereby trustworthy..."
The RCC has so mangled the Scriptures by adding to them such perverse doctrines as infallible popes and prayers to dead people and the alchemy of transubstantion that it has shown itself to be very far from the church instituted and guided by Jesus Christ.
***The RCC has so mangled the Scriptures by adding to them such perverse doctrines as infallible popes and prayers to dead people and the alchemy of transubstantion that it has shown itself to be very far from the church instituted and guided by Jesus Christ.***
Substitute ‘the Apostles’ for ‘RCC’ and you have the gist of the separation of the Reformation from Jesus Christ.