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Myth #6...
The catholic church is the final authority on all matters biblical

The Catholic Church's authority is not a myth, unless you consider the Bible to be a myth too. See Matthew 18:15-19, for example. Christ tells his disciples that an offending Brother does not hear the church, he will be treated as an outsider who is lost. And at that point, gives authority to His Apostles (and by implication their successors) by saying, "Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth shall be bound also in heavenl and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven." (Matt. 18:18).

It's clear in this passage from Matthew that the Church must have been a visible, tangible entity established in a hierarchical fashion. Otherwise, how would anyone have known to whom the wrongdoer should be referred? If the Protestant definition of "church" were correct, then the wrongdoer would have to "hear" each and every believer who existed, hoping that there would be unanimity among them regarding the issue at hand. The inherent absurdity of this scenario is readily apparent. The only way we can make sense of Our Lord's statement here is to acknowledge that there was a definite organization, with positions of authority readily identifiable, to which an appeal could be made and from which a decisive judgment could be had.

God bless.