This has been dealt with before on FR, and refuted, and I will not go one in another thread, suffice to say that Mormonism and R. Catholicism have critical similarities, which are make them closer to each other than to evangelicals. Both autocratically presume to be the only One true church, in the formal sense, who exalt themselves above the Scriptures, and make another “revelation” equal to it By which they add doctrines that cannot be substantiated by the Scriptures. And by which they have formed theocracies which used the sword of men to fight there wars, in utter contrast to the mandate and means of the N.T. church.
While some attempt is made to substantiated their false doctrines from Scripture, their real authority relies upon their own declaration of their authority, in which they infallibly declare themselves to infallible in declaring certain doctrines, according to their criteria for infallibility, which they infallibly defined, which souls are required to submit to, though there exists no infallible complete list of infallibly defined doctrines. Thus according to their interpretation, only their interpretation can be right in any conflict. Such stands in contrast to relying on the only tangible source which explicitly declared to be infallible (2Tim. 3:16), and demonstrating from it that a doctrine is warranted, with other sources being secondary.
As for Rome’s extra books, let is first be said that the position of the authenticity of Bible as the infallible word of is not due to ecclesiastical decree, especially seeing as it took approx. 1400 years for an infallible definition of the canon to result, but by it’s manifest power and purity among those who trusted and obeyed it. The canon is essentially much a ratification of the “best seller list” of true men and women of God.
For substantiation as to why the extra book of Rome should not be considered wholly inspired, and why their was nver unamanity on them among early authorities, see
http://www.christiantruth.com/Apocryphapart1.html
http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/read/the_apocrypha_inspired_of_god, http://www.xenos.org/essays/canon.htm *
That is all.
I like the way you think ... and write. (but for the few typos)
Not to start a war, but there are some 'catholics' on these threads that support Mormons 'conservative work, and never seem to have a BAD word about the LDS theology.
But I've yet to see a MORMON say that the Catholic way will get a person to heaven.